Michael Bloomberg Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research

Updated 8:31 AM ET, Sun January 31, 2021

Michael Bloomberg, as New York mayor, attends a bill-signing ceremony in January 2012.
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Michael Bloomberg, as New York mayor, attends a bill-signing ceremony in January 2012.
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Bloomberg, back right, was born in Boston on February 14, 1942. He grew up just outside the city, in the suburb of Medford.
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Bloomberg, back right, was born in Boston on February 14, 1942. He grew up just outside the city, in the suburb of Medford.
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Bloomberg graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1964, getting a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He later graduated from Harvard Business School.
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Bloomberg graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1964, getting a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He later graduated from Harvard Business School.
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Bloomberg, left, works at Salomon Brothers, a Wall Street investment bank, in 1975.
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Bloomberg, left, works at Salomon Brothers, a Wall Street investment bank, in 1975.
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Bloomberg poses for a portrait at his company's television studios in 1994. He created technology that bankers and traders use to access market data.
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Bloomberg poses for a portrait at his company's television studios in 1994. He created technology that bankers and traders use to access market data.
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Bloomberg scales an indoor climbing wall in 1997.
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Bloomberg scales an indoor climbing wall in 1997.
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Bloomberg talks with architect Katherine Whitley at a construction site in New York. Bloomberg was running for mayor.
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Bloomberg talks with architect Katherine Whitley at a construction site in New York. Bloomberg was running for mayor.
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Bloomberg and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani march in a gay pride parade in June 2001. Giuliani's two terms were just about up. Later that year, Bloomberg was elected as his successor.
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Bloomberg and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani march in a gay pride parade in June 2001. Giuliani's two terms were just about up. Later that year, Bloomberg was elected as his successor.
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Bloomberg places a candle at a World Trade Center memorial in September 2001.
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Bloomberg places a candle at a World Trade Center memorial in September 2001.
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