LittleSis: Thomas Secunda

Cofounder of financial news and data juggernaut Bloomberg LP debuts on The Forbes 400 after partner, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, bought back 20% stake in the firm from Merrill Lynch for $4.5 billion this summer. Company now worth more than $22 billion; owns 4% stake. Studied math at SUNY Binghamton; took job in systems research at Salomon Brothers. Traded bonds at Morgan Stanley; joined Michael Bloomberg and others to launch financial information services firm Innovative Market Systems 1982. Later renamed Bloomberg LP. Pitched Merrill Lynch on prototype that could crunch financial data, provide information on government bonds 1983; sold Merrill a 30% stake for $30 million. Today Secunda oversees all Bloomberg financial products.

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Joel Johnson	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Carolyn McCarthy, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Al Franken, Mark Warner
Scott Rechler	Hillary Clinton, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, John McCain, Carolyn McCarthy, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Dan Donovan, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Nancy Zirkin	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, Mark Warner
Lawrence Buttenwieser	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, Charlie King, Justin Wagner
Bert Carp	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Mark Warner
Kenneth R Feinberg	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Al Franken, Mark Warner
Wendy Wolf	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Al Franken
Kenneth D Brody	Hillary Clinton, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Mark Warner
David L Cohen	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Mark Warner
Leo Hindery Jr	Hillary Clinton, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, Charlie King, Guillermo Linares
Philip Howard	Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, John E Sweeney, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Mark Warner
Myron M Cherry	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, Mark Warner
Frank Brosens	Hillary Clinton, John Hall, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Mark Warner
Daniel L Nir	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Mark Warner, Charlie King, Justin Wagner
Laura Lauder	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Denise L Majette, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, Mark Warner
Esther Coopersmith	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, Mark Warner
Vernon E Jordan Jr	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner
Charles T Manatt	Hillary Clinton, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Al Franken, Mark Warner
Joel Jankowsky	Hillary Clinton, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Forward Together PAC, Al Franken, Mark Warner
Jonathan M Tisch	Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Carolyn McCarthy, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner

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