Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg, KBE (English: Michael Rubens Bloomberg, February 14, 1942 -), American businessman, third-generation Russian Jewish immigrant, founder of Bloomberg LP, served as mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013, and chairman of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Organization. Mike Bloomberg ranks 9th on Forbes' 2019 billionaires list, with assets reaching $55.5 billion. He is also a philanthropist, having donated more than $5 billion to gun control, climate change and other issues. He ranked 8th on the 2019 list of the 400 richest Americans with assets of US$53.4 billion. Ranked 14th on the Forbes 400 richest Americans list published in September 2020, with assets of US$55 billion. Bloomberg ranks 18th on Forbes' 2026 billionaire list, with assets reaching $109.4 billion. Born on February 14, 1942 in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, Boston. He was born into a Jewish family and was a member of Emmanuel Congregation on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. His grandfather, Alexander "Elick" Blumberg, was a Polish Jew, and his maternal grandfather, Max Rubens, was a Lithuanian Jew from present-day Belarus. His maternal grandmother was born in New York to Lithuanian Jewish immigrants. Originally a Democrat, Bloomberg successfully ran for mayor of New York City for the first time as a Republican in 2001 and became chairman of C40, a city climate leadership group. Re-elected in 2005 and 2009. Bloomberg is the fourth New York City mayor to serve three 12-year terms since 1898, following Fiorello Henry LaGuardia, Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr. and Edward Kuo. On June 19, 2007, Bloomberg announced that he would change his status from a Republican to a nonpartisan independent. However, he was still endorsed by the Republican Party and was re-elected in 2009. On November 2, 2012, Bloomberg expressed support for then-President Obama’s re-election. In January 2016, Bloomberg considered running for President of the United States as an independent. On March 7 of the same year, Bloomberg published a blog titled "The Risk I Will Not Take" and announced that he would not run for president of the United States. He announced on October 10, 2018, that he would re-register as a Democrat and may run in this capacity in 2020.