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INDEX
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abortion, 98, 286
Adams, John Quincy, 356
Adirondacks, 8
Advantage program, 282–83
Africa, 336
African American community, 23, 99, 101, 105–7, 177, 187, 198, 206
churches, 101
manufactured misdemeanors and, 211
poverty among youths in, 274, 280–81
stop and frisk policies and, 4, 8, 32, 197–98, 206–12, 299, 339
Young Men’s Initiative and, 274, 280–81, 299
AIDS, 139
air pollution, 149, 256, 296, 298, 339, 350–52
alcohol, 147–48
Alibaba, 366
Allen, Woody, 50
Alliance of Resident Theatres, 289
Alper, Andrew, 119, 161
al-Qaeda, 200
Alter, Jonathan, 312
Amazon, 271
American Airlines, 62
American Cities Climate Challenge, 342, 353–54
American Cities Initiative, 342
American Federation of Teachers, 182
American Institutes for Research, 183
Americans Elect, 356
Andrew J. Barberi, MV, 251–53
anthrax scare, 104–5
anti-Semitism, 11–13, 18
Apple, 50, 366
Arad, Michael, 235–37
Arizona State University, 187
Armstrong, Tim, 268
arts, 83, 337–38
Arzt, George, 292
Asia Society, 318
Aspen Institute, 208
Aspen Times, 208
Associated Press (AP), 60
Association for a Better New York, 233
Aubert, John, 59–60
Auschwitz, 348–50
Babbage, Charles, 49
Badillo, Herman, 94, 97, 100
Ballyshear, 194
Baltimore, Md., 23, 154
Baltimore Sun, 25, 26
Barberi, Andrew, 251
Barcelona, 342
Barclays Center, 225, 298
Barrett, Wayne, 125, 126, 248, 332–33
Barry, Frank, 358, 363
Battery Park, 226
Baughman Company, 109
Beame, Abe, 93, 169
Bear Stearns, 197
Bell Labs, 49
Benepe, Adrian, 118
Bennett, Amanda, 316–18
Berenson, Marisa, 86
Bermuda, 7, 121, 122
Bernstein, Bruce, 153
Best, Matthew, 204–5
Beyond Coal, 352
Bezos, Jeff, 4–5, 271, 330, 331
Bezos, MacKenzie, 331
Bharara, Preet, 163–65, 217, 300
bicycles, 253, 254, 256–58, 297
Biden, Joe, 6, 357, 360
Big Apple Circus, 121
Big Bang (financial markets), 65
“Big Gulp” soft drinks issue, 145–47, 149, 339
bikes, 253, 254, 256–58, 297
Billionaires’ Row, 231
BIP (Building with Israelis and Palestinians), 305–6
birth control, 143
Black, Cathie, 185–86, 188, 301
Black, Richard, 20
blackout of 2003, 160–61
Blackstone Group, 328–29
Blagojevich, Rod, 293
Blair, Tony, 366
blizzard of 2010, 162, 301
Bloomberg, Charlotte Pearl Rubens “Lottie” (mother), 6, 11–14, 17, 18, 20, 29, 30, 81, 85, 112, 305
death of, 43
house purchased by, 11–12, 18
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br /> marriage of, 14
Bloomberg, Elick (grandfather), 12–13, 17
Bloomberg, Emma (daughter), 85, 86, 169, 270, 361
birth of, 42, 85
Bloomberg’s hiring of, 125–26
311 system and, 85, 155
Bloomberg, Georgina (daughter), 85–86, 169, 270, 361
birth of, 42
as equestrian, 85–86
Bloomberg, Marjorie Rubens (sister), see Tiven, Marjorie Bloomberg
Bloomberg, Michael:
approval rating as CEO, 321–22
approval rating as mayor, 136, 144–45, 245–46, 295
autobiography of, 59, 89, 125, 326
awards and honors of, 305–6
Bermuda compound of, 7, 121, 122
birth of, 14
in Boy Scouts, 14, 16–17
brand of, 59
bull pen of, 130–32, 145, 171, 302
character of, 5–9
childhood and teen years of, 14–21
city project deadlines of, 132, 155, 235–37, 250, 295–96
club memberships of, 95–96
conflicts of interest as mayor, 122–23, 125–26
contradictions in character of, 6–7
as data mayor, 151–67, 179, 198
dating and female friends of, 86–87
early jobs of, 22, 26–27, 35
engineering training of, 24, 29, 44, 86, 91, 189, 193, 235, 255
environmentalism of, see environmental issues
family background of, 12–13
father’s death and, 28–29, 43, 235
financial details released by, 121, 122
first hundred days as mayor, 110–19
flying of, 190–91
food preferences of, 17, 144
“game changers” group of, 265–67, 298
golf played by, 85, 96, 121, 189–95, 304
on government’s role, 221–22, 244
Harvard Business School education of, 3, 29–34, 35–37, 44
in high school, 19–21, 22
hires made as mayor, 115–19
homes of, 122, 137, 194, 272, 304, 325
Innovative Market Systems started by, 3–4
as Interfraternity Council president, 25–26, 28, 29
investment portfolios of, 123
Jewish heritage of, 12, 17–18, 24, 148, 286, 305, 345, 348–49
at Johns Hopkins, 3, 22–30
last day in office, 302
legacy as mayor, 295–302, 303
as liberal, 97–98
loyalty as viewed by, 8, 47
as manager, 8–9, 29, 99, 130–31, 165, 170
marijuana and, 102
marriage of, see Bloomberg, Susan Elizabeth Brown
as mayor, 2, 4, 110–19, 120–28, 129–36, 137–50, 151–67, 189, 221, 245–50, 272, 273, 295–302, 303, 355, 369; see also specific issues
mayoral campaign goals and promises of, 95, 110, 113, 135, 168, 241, 295
mayoral campaign of 2001, 1–2, 59, 72, 78, 87, 88, 89–109, 120, 121, 338
mayoral campaign spending of, 4, 94, 95, 97, 108–9, 249, 292, 355
mayoral campaign T-shirts of, 104
mayoral term limits and, 250, 264, 285, 287–92, 294, 295
mother’s death and, 43
Museum of Science (Boston) and, 14–17, 30, 59
name of, 58–59
as “nanny mayor,” 144, 147, 296; see also public health issues
off-hours of, 189–95, 202
in Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, 24–25, 27
philanthropy of, 2–5, 22–23, 30, 59, 82–84, 93–94, 122, 139, 191, 219, 234–35, 289, 304, 306, 331–46, 351, 353, 355, 369
political parties and, 94, 127, 170, 247, 248, 261, 275, 286, 293, 355–57
and presidential election of 2020, 3, 5, 6, 355, 357–61, 368
problematic comments made by, 6, 76–77, 81, 90, 97, 102–4, 107, 148, 192, 275
reelected in 2005, 247–50
reelected in 2009, 290–95, 332
risk and, 52, 189
salary as mayor, 122, 180
at Salomon Brothers, 3, 35–47
Salomon Brothers’ firing of, 3, 45–47, 48, 190
in school, 16–21, 169
self-discipline of, 9
skiing and snowboarding of, 191
snake collection in childhood, 18
speeches of, 2, 100, 112, 133, 154, 155, 247
television in childhood of, 15–16
wealth of, 2, 67, 90–91, 103–4, 109, 120–28, 179, 272, 273, 311, 355, 368, 369
in white-water rafting contest, 8
Bloomberg, Susan Elizabeth Brown (wife), 42–43, 51, 82, 85, 86, 121, 138
Bloomberg, William Henry (father), 11–13, 15, 17, 27, 30, 305
death of, 28–29, 43, 235
house purchased by, 11–12, 18
marriage of, 14
Bloomberg Associates, 343–45
Bloomberg Billionaires Index, 311
Bloomberg BNA, 306
Bloomberg Bull Pen, 130–32, 145, 171, 302
Bloomberg Businessweek, 306, 320
Bloomberg by Bloomberg (Bloomberg), 59, 89, 125, 326
Bloomberg Global Business Forum, 366
Bloomberg Inc., 123
Bloomberg LP, 72–80, 90–91, 104, 153, 165, 303–25
Bloomberg News and, 71
Bloomberg’s resignation from and rules of involvement with while mayor, 122–24
Bloomberg’s return to, 87, 303–10, 319
bonuses at, 76
culture at, 72–78
Doctoroff as head of, 226, 303, 306
floor plan at, 72, 74
Bloomberg LP (cont.)
growth of, 72, 73, 127
hacking of computers of, 7
Innovative Market Systems becomes, 58
lawsuits against, 76–80, 84, 100
London offices of, 319, 322–25
loyalty at, 47, 75–76, 80, 322
parties for employees of, 73–74
Symphony and, 328
women at, 72, 76–80, 84, 88, 90, 96–97, 100, 311
worth of, 127, 329–30
Bloomberg News, 64–71, 125, 306–7, 310–15, 318–20
Bloomberg and Bloomberg LP not mentioned in, 71, 310–11
China and, 315–18
Dow Jones and, 68
House/Senate Standing Committee of Correspondents and, 69
Micklethwait at, 319–21
Bloomberg Opinion (formerly Bloomberg View), 311–14
Bloomberg PAC, 367
Bloomberg Philanthropies, 2–5, 22–23, 30, 59, 82–84, 93–94, 122, 139, 191, 219, 234–35, 289, 304, 306, 331–46, 351, 353, 355, 369
Bloomberg Radio, 343
Bloomberg Television, 125, 314, 320
Bloomberg Terminals, 2–4, 48–63, 65–69, 75, 123–25, 153, 254–55, 309–11, 326–30, 369
in China, 313, 315–18
client privacy and, 313–15, 327, 328
email in, 62, 328
name of, 54, 58
network issue in, 326–27
Bloomberg Way, 72–73, 165, 166, 235, 317–18, 323
Bloomberg Way, The (Winkler), 70–71
Bloomberg White Paper, 104
Blow, Charles, 210
Bly, Nellie, 268
BNA, 306
Bond Club, 96
bond market, 4, 36, 38, 51, 53–58, 62, 63, 65
Bono, 303
Boomer, Percy, 191–92
Boston Herald, 30
Boy Scouts, 14, 16–17
Bratton, William, 198, 206
Brexit, 324–25
Brodsky, Richard, 89, 94
Brokaw, Tom, 104
Brook Club, 96
Brooklyn Bridge, 200, 223, 277
Brooklyn Bridge Park, 118, 297
Brooklyn Navy Yard, 267
Brooklyn Nets, 225
Brooks, Jack, 202
Browder, Kalief, 218
Brown, James, 29
Brown, Jerry, 349
Brown University, 342
Bruni, Frank, 357
Bruno, Joseph, 193
Buchwald, Art, 174
Buffett, Warren, 139, 331
Burden, Amanda, 117, 225, 226, 229, 239, 241–42, 244, 343
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 199, 205
Burt, David, 360
Burton-Taylor International Consulting, 329
buses, 253, 254
Bush, George H. W., 79
Bush, George W., 79, 83, 237, 267, 275, 286
Business Integrity Commission, 158
BusinessWeek, 306
Café des Artistes, 93
Callahan, Robert, 278
Callahan v. Carey, 278
Camel News Caravan, 15–16
Canada, Geoffrey, 278
Capehart, Jonathan, 101
capitalism, 127, 223, 286, 320
Cardozo, Michael A., 119
Carlisle, Kitty, 17
Carlson, Margaret, 312
Carnegie, Andrew, 331
Carnegie Corporation of New York, 338–39
Cary, N.C., 342
Caves Valley Golf Club, 96
Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), 279
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 145
Central Park, 83, 118, 231, 239, 277, 293, 337
Century Association, 96
Century Country Club, 96
Chakrabarti, Vishaan, 241–42
Charlottesville rally, 350
Cheez-its, 144
Chicago, Ill., 154, 156, 284, 299, 341
Children’s Aid Society, 284
Children’s Health Fund, 93–94
China, 313, 315–18, 321, 349
Christo, 83, 293, 337
Churchill, Winston, 221
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 199
cigarettes, 135, 139–43, 147, 149, 202, 215, 249, 292, 296, 339, 343
Cincinnati, Ohio, 353
circumcision, 139, 148, 296
Citi Bikes, 253, 258, 297
cities as laboratories for democracy, 340–42
Cities Leadership Initiative, 30
Citizens Union, 88, 303
Citizens United, 367
CityTime, 153, 163–66, 300
City University of New York (CUNY), 123, 279, 337
Clean Power Plan, 352
climate change, 4, 127, 139, 250, 299, 305, 332, 336, 339, 347–54, 359, 362, 368
Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet (Bloomberg and Pope), 353
Clinton, Bill, 92, 107, 194, 197, 207, 255, 304, 312, 363
Clinton, Hillary, 293, 357, 363
CNBC, 314, 318
clothing tax, 135
coal industry, 350–54, 362, 368
Coalition for the Homeless, 278
Coca-Cola, 145–47, 149
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