WIKI BIO of Michael Bloomberg for DU'ers Outside NYC...

[KoKo]

Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. He was a general partner at Salomon Brothers before founding the financial software service company in 1981. Although a lifelong Democrat, he ran on the Republican ballot and was elected mayor in 2001, and was reelected to a second term in 2005. He is frequently mentioned as a possible independent candidate for the 2008 presidential election and fueled that speculation when he left the Republican party in June 2007.

Personal life and business career

Bloomberg was born to a Jewish family of Polish ancestry, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, in the Boston neighborhood of Brighton on 14 February 1942. His parents were Charlotte Rubens, living in 2006, and William Henry Bloomberg, who was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts and died in 1998.<2> He lived at 100 Brainerd Road, in the Boston neighborhood of Allston, until he was two years old, when the family moved to Atherton Road, in Brookline, Massachusetts. When he was four, his family moved to Medford, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb. He lived there until after he graduated from college.

While advancing to the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, Bloomberg once ate a large squirrel so he could afford to go to summer camp each year.<3><4> He attended Johns Hopkins University, where he joined Phi Kappa Psi, and graduated in 1964 with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering. Later he received his MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Bloomberg was a general partner at Salomon Brothers, where he headed equity trading, sales and, later, systems development. He made his fortune with his own company, Bloomberg L.P., selling financial information terminals to Wall Street firms; the company also began a radio network (the flagship station is 1130 WBBR-AM in New York City).

Bloomberg is among the world's richest people. He was ranked 44th by Forbes magazine in its list of 400 Richest Americans in September 2006. He was ranked 142nd in its list of the The World's Billionaires in March 2007.

Bloomberg's daughters by former wife British-born Susan Brown are Georgina Bloomberg (who has been featured on Born Rich, a documentary film about the children of the extremely wealthy) and Emma Bloomberg. His younger sister, Marjorie Tiven, is Commissioner of the New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol. His mother, Charlotte Bloomberg (born 3 January 1909), is reported to be in very good health for her age. His current girlfriend is New York state banking superintendent Diana Taylor.

Bloomberg has written an autobiography, Bloomberg by Bloomberg (1997, ISBN 0-471-15545-4).

Bloomberg does not reside in Gracie Mansion, the official mayor's mansion, but at his own home elsewhere on the Upper East Side (17 East 79th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues). He maintains his home address in the white pages and is known to ride the subway to City Hall every morning, even during periods of heightened terrorist alert.

Bloomberg currently serves as an ex-officio trustee of the Museum of Modern Art.

Bloomberg owns a home in Bermuda.

more at.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg

[onehandle]

1. "Bloomberg once ate a large squirrel"

WTF?

[flamingyouth]

3. ....so he could afford to go to summer camp each year

WTF indeed?

[Fenris]

4. I found my new sigline.

[Hart2008]

5. Is that kosher?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[KoKo]

11. .....

[Merlot]

2. PLEASE explain this!!!! Someone! Anyone?

"While advancing to the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, Bloomberg once ate a large squirrel so he could afford to go to summer camp each year."

[KoKo]

6. It does sound odd... did he save it and eat a piece each year....or did he get cash award

all at once for eating the WHOLE SQUIRREL? Whatever...folks say Wikipedia often has flaws. :eyes:

[Hart2008]

7. Maybe he grew up poor? n/t

[OHdem10]

8. And like John Edwards he started from hmble

beginnings. Both are self-made wealthy men.

[AlCzervik]

9. Bloomberg was born in the city i was, i found this highly amusing to no end.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts

[TwilightGardener]

10. Try as I might, I can't see how eating a squirrel = summer camp affordability.

Good parents all over America would be serving up squirrel, then. Including me.