Company type | Private, limited partnership |
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Industry | Technology, mass media |
Founded | October 1, 1981[1] |
Founders | Michael Bloomberg Thomas Secunda Duncan MacMillan Charles Zegar[2] |
Headquarters | Bloomberg Tower 731 Lexington Avenue, |
Number of locations | 167 offices (2019)[3] |
Key people | Peter Grauer (chairman) Michael Bloomberg (co-founder & CEO) |
Revenue | US$10 billion (2019) |
Owner | Michael Bloomberg (88%)[4] Merrill Lynch |
Number of employees | 20,000 |
Website | bloomberg |
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.[5] 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. [6]
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.[7][8]
Started the company the day after I left Salomon Brothers, October 1, 1981, so we're coming on our fifteenth year – anniversary.