Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael "Mike" Rubens Bloombergis an American business magnate, politician, and philanthropist. With a net worth of US$46.7 billion as of July 2016, Bloomberg is the 6th richest person in the United States and the 8th richest in the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 February 1942
CountryUnited States of America
people design doe
Design does matter. And not necessarily in a way that people realize. A lot of what you do, people take for granted - that a park has always been here, that a bicycle lane has always been there, that the street is safe or clean. ...
art new-york technology
New York has been, and will continue to be, a magnet for people from all over the world. This is where the arts, business, research and technology converge to create the world's foremost urban economy.
jobs responsibility giving
Nobody wants a job where they don't have authority to go along with the responsibility. Quite the contrary. The more authority you give people, the better people you can attract, and the harder they're going to work, and the more loyal they are going to be.
want problem public-education
If you want to know how to solve society's problems, you start out with better public education.
believe giving honest
What you've got to do is be honest. Say what you believe. Give it to them straight. Just don't wuss out.
dream new-york believe
And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.
father writing years
My father, a bookkeeper who never earned more than $11,000 a year in his life, sat there, writing out a $25 check to the NAACP. When I asked him why, he said discrimination against anyone is discrimination against us all. And I never forgot that. Indeed, his philanthropy was a gift, not just to that organization, but to me.
america people done
America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.
business entrepreneur funding
Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.
graduation games numbers
In the game of life, when the final buzzer sounds, the only stat you carry with you is the number of assists you made.
firsts failing willing
You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.
ideas entrepreneurship will-power
Entrepreneurship is having an idea to do something great and not entirely have a plan on how to do it but the drive and will power to make it work
pain team responsibility
Working collectively and collaboratively is the difference between mediocrity by yourself or success as a team. You have to share the pain and the responsibility and if you do then you will also share in the rewards.
progress inevitable
Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.