Michael Bloomberg
.jpg) Michael Bloomberg. Photo: Bloomberg Philanthropies, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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| Net worth | $109 billion Forbes 2026 list, March 24, 2026[1] |
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| World rank | 18th (Forbes 2026)[1] |
| Source of wealth | Bloomberg L.P. |
| Companies | Bloomberg L.P. (co-founder, majority owner); Bloomberg Philanthropies |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Born | February 14, 1942, Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Education | Johns Hopkins University (BS); Harvard Business School (MBA) |
| Known for | Bloomberg Terminal; mayor of New York City 2002–2013 |
| Net worth figures are estimates by the source named and change every day. | |
Michael Bloomberg is an American businessman who co-founded the financial data company Bloomberg L.P. and is its majority owner. He was mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013.[2] On the Forbes 2026 billionaires list, a snapshot taken on March 24, 2026, he was 18th in the world with an estimated $109 billion.[1]
Net worth
- March 2009: $16 billion; he climbed from 142nd to 17th on the Forbes list in two years.[2]
- 2021: about $106 billion, 12th on the Forbes list.[2]
- March 2026: $109 billion, 18th on the Forbes list.[1]
How the fortune was made
Bloomberg grew up in Medford, Massachusetts, studied at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Business School, and began his career at the brokerage Salomon Brothers.[2] In 1981 he started his own company, which became Bloomberg L.P., known for the Bloomberg Terminal that gives traders financial data and news; it had revenues of about $10 billion in 2018.[2] He was its chief executive from 1981 to 2001 and again from 2014 to 2023.[2]
Giving
Bloomberg signed the Giving Pledge in August 2010.[2] He has given away $24.5 billion in his lifetime, including $4.3 billion in 2025, and was America's biggest giver for 2023 to 2025 according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.[2] Bloomberg Philanthropies works on public health, the arts, government innovation, the environment and education.[2]
Photos
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Bloomberg Terminals on display in New York. Photo: Travis Wise, CC BY 2.0 -
Bloomberg in the 1964 Johns Hopkins University yearbook. Photo: Johns Hopkins University, Public domain
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Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Forbes, "Michael Bloomberg", 2026 World's Billionaires list (snapshot of March 24, 2026), read November 3, 2026. Net worth is a Forbes estimate.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Wikipedia, "Michael Bloomberg", read November 3, 2026. Billionaire Wiki's text is written in its own words; facts are checked against this article and its sources.