Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg is an American businessman and politician who served as New York City’s 108th mayor. He co-founded Bloomberg L.P. and has an estimated net worth of ~$55.5B. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

Bloomberg is co-founder and majority owner of Bloomberg L.P., which sells financial data and analytics, including the Bloomberg Terminal used by banks and investors, and operates Bloomberg News. RTB

Philanthropy

Bloomberg has reported more than $21B in lifetime giving and $3.7B in giving during 2024; he is also a Giving Pledge signatory. RTB His Bloomberg Family Foundation reported $11.81B in assets and $1.42B in grants paid in 2023, accounting for nearly all of the $1.42B in grants reported by his two listed foundations. The separate Bloomberg Foundation reported $88,847 in assets and $10,875 in grants paid. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

FEC records include at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent sampled records, totaling $32,220,079.22. Of that sampled total, $32,178,238.76 was classified as Unknown, $41,700 as Democratic, and $140.46 as Republican; the figures cover only the 100 most recent records on file. The largest recipients in the sample were Stand for New York PAC ($11M), 314 Action Fund ($5.4M), One Giant Leap PAC ($5M), HMP ($3M), and Unite America PAC Inc. ($2.5M). FEC

These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.

In the News

A NewsAPI-indexed August 2026 article reported that Bloomberg gave $1B to Johns Hopkins University to expand medical-school financial aid, including tuition-free study for students from families earning under $300,000 annually. NewsAPI