Michael Bloomberg Bio: Age, Height, Wife Diana Taylor, Career, Bloomberg L.P., Net Worth & Facts

Michael Bloomberg is the billionaire founder of Bloomberg L.P., the three-term mayor who remade New York City’s skyline and schools, and — as of November 9, 2026 — a married man. At 84, he wed Diana Taylor, his partner of 26 years, in a small private ceremony at their Upper East Side home.

His story is one of the great American business arcs: a working-class kid from Medford, Massachusetts, who was fired from Salomon Brothers, built a financial data empire from the severance, and became the 18th richest person on earth. This biography covers his age, wife Diana Taylor, family, net worth, his years as mayor, the 2020 presidential run, philanthropy, quotes, and the controversies that come with a fortune this size.

Quick Facts

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Early Life & Education

Michael Rubens Bloomberg was born on February 14, 1942, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. His father, William Henry Bloomberg, was a bookkeeper for a dairy company who never earned more than $6,000 a year; his mother, Charlotte, was a homemaker. The family lived in Allston, then Brookline, and finally settled in Medford, Massachusetts, where Michael grew up.

He was a Boy Scout who became an Eagle Scout at twelve, and he graduated from Medford High School in 1960. At Johns Hopkins University he joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and — a detail he still enjoys telling — sewed the blue jay costume for the school’s mascot. He earned a degree in electrical engineering in 1964, then an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1966.

His father died suddenly while Michael was in college, a loss he has described as the moment he understood that security was something you build yourself. Harvard later named its Bloomberg Center in his father’s honor.

Career Journey

Salomon Brothers and the Firing That Made Him

Bloomberg joined Salomon Brothers in 1966 and rose fast. He ran equity trading and helped build the firm’s computer systems, becoming a partner at 31. In 1981 Salomon was acquired, and he was pushed out with a $10 million severance package.

He used the money to start a company that would sell the thing he was best at: financial data, delivered through a dedicated terminal. Bloomberg L.P. launched with three co-founders — Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, and Charles Zegar — and one product that Wall Street could not function without.

Building Bloomberg L.P.

The Bloomberg Terminal combined market data, analytics, and messaging in a single machine. Traders paid for it because it made them faster, and the subscription model made the company extraordinarily profitable. He was CEO from 1981 to 2001 and again from 2014 to 2023, and he remains majority owner.

The company expanded into news, radio, television, and a magazine, turning a data vendor into a media empire. Its journalists cover the same financial world its terminals serve — a structural conflict critics raise regularly and Bloomberg defends as a firewall.

Mayor of New York City, 2002 to 2013

Bloomberg ran for mayor in 2001 as a Republican — a tactical switch in a city where the Democratic primary was crowded — and won. He was reelected in 2005 and, after persuading the City Council to amend term limits, in 2009. He governed as a technocrat: charter schools, a smoking ban, calorie labeling, bike lanes, rezoning large swaths of the city, and a contested push for congestion pricing.

He also presided over the response to 9/11’s economic fallout, the 2008 financial crisis, and Hurricane Sandy. By the time he left office in 2013, the city had a much larger skyline, a much smaller industrial waterfront, and a mayor who had spent roughly $650 million of his own money on his campaigns.

The 2020 Presidential Campaign

Bloomberg became a Democrat again in 2018 and launched a presidential campaign in November 2019. He skipped the first four states, spent $935 million of his own money — a record for a primary — and won only American Samoa and 61 delegates before dropping out on March 4, 2020 and endorsing Joe Biden.

His debate performances were widely panned, and Elizabeth Warren’s attack over nondisclosure agreements at Bloomberg L.P. defined his brief candidacy. He apologized for stop-and-frisk during the campaign, a reversal that took years.

Philanthropy and the 2026 Wedding

Bloomberg has signed the Giving Pledge and had given away $24.5 billion as of 2025, much of it through Bloomberg Philanthropies: public health, climate, gun violence prevention, arts, and education. In 2024 President Biden awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

On November 9, 2026, he married Diana Taylor at their Upper East Side home, with about a dozen family members and friends and a lunch afterward. The couple met in 2000 at a Citizens Budget Commission meeting where they were seated next to each other while Bloomberg was running for mayor.

Career Stats

• 1966: Joined Salomon Brothers; partner by 31
• 1981: Left Salomon with a $10 million package and founded Bloomberg L.P.
• 2001: Elected the 109th mayor of New York City
• 2005, 2009: Reelected to second and third terms
• 2020: Self-funded $935 million presidential campaign
• 2024: Presidential Medal of Freedom
• 2026: Net worth $109.4 billion; married Diana Taylor

Personal Life

Bloomberg married Susan Elizabeth Barbara Brown, a British national from Yorkshire, in 1975. They had two daughters, Emma and Georgina — both featured in the 2003 documentary Born Rich — and divorced in 1993. He has described her as his “best friend” ever since.

He and Diana Taylor have been together since 2000. Taylor is a former New York state banking superintendent and a former chair of the Hudson River Park Trust; she is 71. They married on November 9, 2026, in a private ceremony, 26 years after they met.

His younger sister, Marjorie Tiven, has served as commissioner of New York City’s Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol since 2002. Bloomberg is a member of Temple Emanu-El but describes himself as largely secular.

• Wife: Diana Taylor, married November 9, 2026
• Previous marriage: Susan Brown (1975–1993)
• Daughters: Emma and Georgina
• Partner since: 2000
• Sister: Marjorie Tiven, NYC commissioner
• Residence: Upper East Side, Manhattan

Dating History and Affairs

Bloomberg’s romantic history is short for a man who has been famous for four decades: one marriage that lasted 18 years, then a 26-year partnership that finally became a marriage in 2026. There is no substantiated affair scandal in his record.

The one relationship that generated years of tabloid coverage was his friendship with the Murdochs, and the rumors around Wendi Deng Murdoch, which Bloomberg has consistently dismissed. His own comment, reported in his autobiography, that he had “a girlfriend in every city” while working on Wall Street has followed him for decades and is covered below.

Controversies

Stop-and-frisk. The NYPD practice of stopping and searching mostly Black and Latino New Yorkers expanded under Bloomberg and was ruled unconstitutional in 2013. He defended it for years, then apologized in 2019 before his presidential run, saying he had been wrong. Critics called the apology political; supporters called it rare.

The term-limits reversal. In 2008 Bloomberg pushed the City Council to amend the term-limits law so he could run a third time. He argued the financial crisis required continuity; opponents called it a billionaire’s convenience. The Council vote, and the 2009 election he won, remain the clearest example of his willingness to change the rules to suit his plans.

Comments about women. His 1997 autobiography and later interviews include remarks that many consider sexist, including the “girlfriend in every city” line and the “I’d do her” comments attributed to him in a 2014 New York Times report. He later said he meant he would date the women in question. The stories resurfaced in 2020 and have never fully gone away.

Nondisclosure agreements. Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 debate attack on Bloomberg over NDAs tied to harassment complaints at his company forced him to release three women from the agreements. It was the defining moment of his campaign.

Media ownership and politics. Bloomberg owns a news organization that covers politics and also spends enormous sums on elections. He has given hundreds of millions to Democratic causes and candidates, including in the 2026 midterms, and critics argue that combination is unlike anything else in American media.

Awards & Achievements

• Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2024
• Three-term mayor of New York City (2002–2013)
• Founder of Bloomberg L.P., one of the most successful financial technology companies ever built
• Signatory of the Giving Pledge; $24.5 billion given away as of 2025
• Eagle Scout at age 12
• 18th richest person in the world as of March 2026

Physical Statistics

• Height: Not publicly disclosed
• Weight: Not publicly disclosed
• Hair Color: Gray
• Eye Color: Blue
• Build: Average
• Style: Dark suits and sneakers — he has worn running shoes to City Hall for decades

Quotes

“Handling this financial crisis while strengthening essential services … is a challenge I want to take on.”

Michael Bloomberg, news conference, October 2, 2008, via Reuters

“So, should the City Council vote to amend term limits, I plan to ask New Yorkers to look at my record of independent leadership and then decide if I have earned another term.”

Michael Bloomberg, October 2, 2008, via Reuters

“Bloomberg Philanthropies follows the same mantra we adopted in New York’s City Hall: Make Every Day Count. A lost day is a lost opportunity to help others and save lives.”

Michael Bloomberg, via Bloomberg Philanthropies

Favorites

• Favorite tool: Data — his management style is built on measurement
• Favorite city: New York, which he ran for twelve years
• Favorite pastime: Flying helicopters and sailing
• Favorite cause: Public health, especially tobacco control and road safety
• Favorite uniform: Dark suit, no tie drama, black sneakers

Earnings

Michael Bloomberg’s net worth is $109.4 billion as of March 2026, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the 18th richest person in the world. His wealth is overwhelmingly tied to Bloomberg L.P., the financial data and media company he founded in 1981 and still controls.

He has given away $24.5 billion, signed the Giving Pledge, and spent $935 million on a single presidential primary — more than any individual had ever spent on a campaign. He took a nominal $1 salary as mayor. The scale is hard to translate into ordinary terms: his annual giving alone exceeds the entire budget of many cities.

Interesting Facts

• He was fired from Salomon Brothers and used the severance to start Bloomberg L.P.
• He sewed the blue jay mascot costume at Johns Hopkins.
• He became an Eagle Scout at twelve.
• He took a $1 salary as mayor of New York.
• He married Diana Taylor 26 years after they met at a budget meeting.
• He spent $935 million on his own presidential campaign.
• He has given away more than $24 billion.

Did You Know Already?

• He was a Republican when he first ran for mayor.
• He changed the city’s term-limits law to run a third time.
• He apologized for stop-and-frisk in 2019.
• He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024.
• His wedding had about a dozen guests.
• His company’s terminal is still the backbone of Wall Street trading desks.

Social Media Links

• Official website: mikebloomberg.com
• Bloomberg Philanthropies: bloomberg.org
• Bloomberg L.P.: bloomberg.com/company

Note: We only list verified official pages. Fan, parody, or unverified social accounts are intentionally left out.

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Conclusion

Michael Bloomberg has spent his life optimizing systems — trading desks, city government, public health, and now his own schedule at 84. The wedding in November 2026 was the rare event he could not A/B test: a 26-year relationship finally formalized in front of about a dozen people. For a man who built a fortune on knowing everything first, the surprise is that he waited this long.

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