LittleSis: Michael Bloomberg

Mayor Mike has become America's 8th-richest citizen after a transaction put a solid valuation on Bloomberg LP: he borrowed to buy a 20% stake in his company from Merrill Lynch in July for $4.5 billion. Today he owns 88% of the financial data and news outfit he founded in 1982. Boston-born son of accountant got engineering degree from Johns Hopkins, M.B.A. from Harvard. Became a trader at Salomon Brothers 1970s, quit with $10 million in stock after merger. Created financial information services firm Innovative Market Systems to sell financial data, analytic tools to Wall Street. Renamed Bloomberg LP 1987; added news service, magazine, cable network, radio station. Spent $74 million to become mayor of New York City in 2001 and $85 million on reelection in 2005. Enjoying 71% approval rating, appears to be looking for ways to do away with term limits as November 2009 election looms. Since last June former Republican no longer affiliated with any political party. Has given away nearly $800 million to charity in the past 5 years; with Bill Gates, planning to invest hundreds of millions to combat smoking worldwide.

Person	Common Orgs
Christine C Quinn	Brooklyn Museum, Wildlife Conservation Society, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Grand Central Partnership Inc
Scott Stringer	Wildlife Conservation Society, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Alliance for Downtown New York, Hudson River Park Trust, Grand Central Partnership Inc
Kate D Levin	Brooklyn Museum, Wildlife Conservation Society, Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, MoMA PS1
Patricia E Harris	Bloomberg, Office of the Mayor of New York City, Bloomberg Family Foundation, National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc.
Bob Iger	Partnership for a New American Economy, National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc., United States Bid Committee for the World Cup
Bill de Blasio	Wildlife Conservation Society, Office of the Mayor of New York City, Grand Central Partnership Inc
John Liu	Brooklyn Museum, Alliance for Downtown New York, Grand Central Partnership Inc
Marty Markowitz	Brooklyn Museum, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Eric Adams	Wildlife Conservation Society, Office of the Mayor of New York City, Carnegie Hall
Robert Kraft	Carnegie Hall, United States Bid Committee for the World Cup
Peter Norton	Jazz at Lincoln Center, MoMA PS1
Jonathan F P Rose	Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Anne M Finucane	Carnegie Hall, National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc.
Ken Chenault	Bloomberg Family Foundation, National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc.
Richard M Cashin	Brooklyn Museum, Jazz at Lincoln Center
John E Zuccotti	Office of the Mayor of New York City, National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc.
Howard P Milstein	Grand Central Partnership Inc, National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc.
Chris Coffey	Bloomberg, Office of the Mayor of New York City
Haley Rubinson	Bloomberg, Office of the Mayor of New York City
Charles Zegar	Bloomberg, Bloomberg LP

Person

Common Orgs

Christine C Quinn

Brooklyn Museum, Wildlife Conservation Society, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Grand Central Partnership Inc

Scott Stringer

Wildlife Conservation Society, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Alliance for Downtown New York, Hudson River Park Trust, Grand Central Partnership Inc

Kate D Levin

Brooklyn Museum, Wildlife Conservation Society, Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, MoMA PS1

Patricia E Harris

Bloomberg, Office of the Mayor of New York City, Bloomberg Family Foundation, National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc.

Bob Iger

Partnership for a New American Economy, National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc., United States Bid Committee for the World Cup