Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P.
Company typePrivate, limited partnership
IndustryTechnology, mass media
FoundedOctober 1, 1981; 45 years ago (1981-10-01)
FoundersMichael Bloomberg
Thomas Secunda
Duncan MacMillan
Charles Zegar
HeadquartersBloomberg Tower
731 Lexington Avenue,
Number of locations
167 offices (2019)
Key people
Peter Grauer (chairman)
Michael Bloomberg
(co-founder & CEO)
RevenueIncrease US$10 billion (2019)
OwnerMichael Bloomberg (88%)
Merrill Lynch
Number of employees
20,000
Websitebloomberg.com

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company. It is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981 along with a 12% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch. It is the world leader in financial market information. It has terminals which combine news and data with messaging, and are in trading rooms all round the world.

The company has become very big and made Michael Bloomberg wealthy, but many employees, especially women, felt that it was a very difficult company to work for.

References

  1. ↑ "Washington Friday Journal". C-SPAN. April 26, 1996. Retrieved January 20, 2010. Started the company the day after I left Salomon Brothers, October 1, 1981, so we're coming on our fifteenth year – anniversary.
  2. ↑ "The Bloomberg Bunch". CNNMoney. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
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  4. ↑ "#10 Michael Bloomberg". Forbes. 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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  7. ↑ North, Anna (2020-02-20). ""I'd like to do that piece of meat": The sexism allegations against Bloomberg, explained". Vox. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  8. ↑ Feuer, Alan (2008-05-02). "54 More Women Accuse Bloomberg Firm of Bias". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-28.