INTERVIEW
Photo: New York City Mayor’s Office
He may no longer be mayor of New York but having just been appointed UN Special Envoy for Cities and
Climate Change and President of C40 Cities, Michael Bloomberg will continue to play a very active role for
cities in the fight against climate change. He spoke with
14 February 1942, in Boston,
Massachusetts (USA)
Johns Hopkins University and Harvard
University, where he earned a Master of Business
Administration degree in 1966
Joined Wall Street-based Salomon
Brothers investment bank, where by 1972 he
became partner. In 1981 he started his own
company, Bloomberg L.P., based on a financial
computer data system that revolutionised the way
securities data was stored and used. This branched
into a media empire and as one of the richest men
in the world, he became a philanthropist particularly
in medical research, arts and education. In 2002 he
became the 108th mayor of New York City, winning
three four-year terms, stepping down as mayor on
31 December 2013. 2010-2014 Chair of C40 Cities
If Mayors
Ruled The World.