Editing Michael Bloomberg (section)

== Personal life ==
=== Family and relationships ===
In 1975, Bloomberg married Susan Elizabeth Barbara Brown, a British national from [[Yorkshire]], United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://18doors.org/interfaith_celebrities_a_former_geek_the_equestrian_author_and_an_aboriginal_jewish_doctor/ |work=Interfaith Family |title=Interfaith Celebrities: a Former Geek, the Equestrian Author, and an Aboriginal Jewish Doctor |first=Nate |last=Bloom |date=July 5, 2011 }}</ref> They have two daughters: Emma Beth (born c. 1979) and [[Georgina Bloomberg|Georgina Leigh]] (born 1983), who were featured on ''[[Born Rich (2003 film)|Born Rich]]'', a 2003 documentary film about the children of the extremely wealthy. Bloomberg divorced Brown in 1993, but he has said she remains his "best friend."<ref name=FMB /> Since 2000, Bloomberg has lived with former [[New York State Banking Department|New York state banking superintendent]] [[Diana Taylor (superintendent)|Diana Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A Mayor by Her Side, but Politics Woos Her, Too |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/nyregion/04diana.html |date=June 3, 2010 |first=Michael |last=Barbaro |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=September 1, 2011 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend Diana Taylor says no need for police escort |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/01/2007-12-01_mayor_bloombergs_girlfriend_diana_taylor-1.html |date=December 1, 2007 |first=Heidi |last=Evans |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |access-date=September 1, 2011 |archive-date=October 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013091901/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/01/2007-12-01_mayor_bloombergs_girlfriend_diana_taylor-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/nyregion/12diana.html |title=The Mayor's Lady, Her Own Woman, One and the Same |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Diane |last=Cardwell |date=February 12, 2006 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Warren|first=Katie|title=Inside the relationship of Mike Bloomberg and his longtime partner, Diana Taylor, who met at a business lunch 20 years ago and live in a 5-story Manhattan townhouse|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/democratic-presidential-candidate-mayor-michael-bloomberg-diana-taylor-relationship-photos|access-date=2021-03-24|website=Business Insider}}</ref> Emma Bloomberg was married to Chris Frissora, son of [[Mark Frissora]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/style/weddingscelebrations-emma-bloomberg-christopher-frissora.html | title=WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Emma Bloomberg, Christopher Frissora | work=The New York Times | date=June 12, 2005 }}</ref> and they had a daughter with a hybrid surname Frissberg.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/nyregion/bloombergs-granddaughter-gets-hybrid-surname.html | title=Bloomberg's Granddaughter Gets a Hybrid Surname | work=The New York Times | date=July 6, 2015 | last1=Grynbaum | first1=Michael M. }}</ref>

Bloomberg's younger sister, Marjorie Tiven, has been commissioner of the New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol, since February 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/unccp/html/key_personnel/bio_tiven.shtml |title=Commissioner Marjorie B. Tiven, Office of the Mayor, Commission for the United Nations Consular Corps & Protocol |publisher=Nyc.gov |date=February 16, 2011 |access-date=April 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126123853/https://www.nyc.gov/html/unccp/html/key_personnel/bio_tiven.shtml |archive-date=November 26, 2013}}</ref>

=== Relations with the Sackler family ===
During the [[opioid epidemic in the United States]], [[Mortimer Sackler]] — son of a co-founder of the company, [[Purdue Pharma]], and a member of its board, met with Bloomberg to "seek his help and guidance on the current issues we are facing". Purdue's head of communications, Josephine Martin, added "Any positive news or ability to get our side out is through Bloomberg. We have given them exclusives and they have treated us very well." Bloomberg also advised Mortimer Sackler to consult [[Stu Loeser]] to help manage communications.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dreier |first=Hannah |date=2020-02-27 |title=When the Billionaire Family Behind the Opioid Crisis Needed PR Help, They Turned to Mike Bloomberg |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/bloomberg-sacklers-opioid-crisis-public-relations |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Sarah |date=2020-02-29 |title=Bloomberg's Alleged Aid for the Sackler Family Should Come As No Surprise |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/bloombergs-alleged-aid-to-sacklers-should-be-no-surprise.html |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=Intelligencer |language=en-us}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
Although he attended [[Hebrew school]], had a [[bar mitzvah]], and his family kept a [[kosher]] kitchen, Bloomberg today lives a mostly secular religious life, attending synagogue mainly during the [[High Holidays]] and a [[Passover Seder]] with his sister, Marjorie Tiven.<ref name=JTAJewishness>{{cite news |title='Focus' on Bloomberg's Jewishness |url=https://www.jta.org/2010/08/31/culture/focus-on-bloombergs-jewishness |date=August 31, 2010 |first=Ami |last=Eden |work=[[Jewish Telegraph Agency]] |quote=The mayor had a bar mitzvah, a Jewish rite of passage, but neither of his two daughters had bat mitzvahs. The mayor's ex-wife, Susan Bloomberg, whose mother was Jewish, "kind of raised us to be Church of England", though the family celebrated the major Jewish holidays, the mayor's youngest daughter, Georgina, said in a 2009 biography of her father. The mayor's longtime companion, Diana Taylor, is not Jewish. |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> Neither of his daughters had bat mitzvahs, nor does either daughter follow a religiously Jewish lifestyle, such as abiding kosher dietary restrictions or keeping the Jewish sabbath.<ref name=JTAJewishness />

=== Public image and lifestyle ===
Throughout his business career, Bloomberg has made numerous statements which have been considered by some to be insulting, derogatory, sexist or misogynistic. When working on Wall Street in the 1960s and 1970s, Bloomberg claimed in his 1997 autobiography, he had "a girlfriend in every city".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/ | archive-date=February 15, 2020 | department=Politics | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215231238/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/|title=Mike Bloomberg for years has battled women's allegations of profane, sexist comments |author=Kranish, Michael |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 15, 2020 |access-date=February 17, 2020}}<br>
In a 1996 interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'' about being a newly divorced bachelor, Bloomberg said, "I like theater, dining and chasing women. Let me put it this way: I am a single, straight billionaire in Manhattan. What do you think? It's a wet dream."</ref><ref name=bi>{{cite news |last=Relman |first=Eliza |date=November 14, 2019 |title=Michael Bloomberg's past comments about women and rape will likely haunt him on the 2020 campaign trail |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloombergs-comments-about-women-and-rape-will-haunt-him-2019-11 |work= Business Insider |access-date=November 14, 2019 }}</ref> On various occasions, Bloomberg allegedly commented "I'd do her", regarding certain women, some of whom were coworkers or employees. Bloomberg later said that by "do", he meant that he would have a personal relationship with the woman.<ref name="atlantic" /> Further, the ''[[Washington Post]]'' acquired a booklet of Bloomberg quotes, which included: "If women wanted to be appreciated for their brains, they'd go to the library instead of to Bloomingdale's."<ref name=Kranish2020>{{cite news |last=Kranish |first=Michael |date=February 15, 2020 |title= Mike Bloomberg for years has battled women's allegations of profane, sexist comments |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/ |newspaper= Washington Post |access-date=May 20, 2024 }}</ref> Bloomberg's staff told the ''New York Times'' that he now regrets having made "disrespectful" remarks concerning women.<ref name=atlantic />

During his term as mayor, he lived at his own home on the [[Upper East Side]] of [[Manhattan]] instead of [[Gracie Mansion]], the official mayoral residence.<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Smith |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14573/ |title=The Mayor and His Money |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=September 26, 2005 |access-date=February 18, 2020 }}</ref> In 2013, he owned 13 properties in various countries around the world, including a $20&nbsp;million [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] mansion in [[Southampton, New York]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2013/05/bloomberg-grows-his-hamptons-estate-reveals-overseas-bank-accounts-000000 |title=Bloomberg grows his Hamptons estate, reveals overseas bank accounts |work=[[Politico]] |last=Rubinstein |first=Dana |date=May 23, 2013 |access-date=February 20, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bloombers-hamptons-manse_n_904363 |title=Bloomberg Buys Southampton 'Ballyshear Estate' For $20 Million |work=The Huffington Post |date=July 20, 2011 |access-date=July 29, 2015 }}</ref> In 2015, he acquired [[4 Cheyne Walk]], a historical property in [[Cheyne Walk]], [[Chelsea, London]], which once belonged to writer [[George Eliot]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/28/michael-bloomberg-buys-16m-house-in-exclusive-london-street |title=Michael Bloomberg buys £16m house in exclusive London street |work=The Guardian |date=July 28, 2015 |access-date=July 29, 2015 }}</ref> Bloomberg and his daughters own houses in [[Bermuda]] and stay there frequently.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/nyregion/26bermuda.html |title=New York's Mayor, but Bermuda Shares Custody |first=Michael |last=Barbaro |date=April 25, 2010 |access-date=January 20, 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/04/26/nyregion/20100426BERMUDA_index.html |title=Bloomberg's Bermuda |date=August 22, 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=January 20, 2018 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

Bloomberg stated that during his mayoralty, he rode the [[New York City Subway]] on a daily basis, particularly in the commute from his 79th Street home to his office at [[New York City Hall|City Hall]]. An August 2007 story in ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that he was often seen chauffeured by two [[New York Police Department]]-owned SUVs to an express train station to avoid having to change from the local to the express trains on the [[IRT Lexington Avenue Line]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Grynbaum|first=Michael M.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyregion/01bloomberg.html|title=Mayor Takes the Subway – by Way of S.U.V.|date=August 1, 2007|newspaper=The New York Times|url-access=limited}}</ref> He supported the construction of the [[7 Subway Extension]] and the [[Second Avenue Subway]]; in December 2013, Bloomberg took a ceremonial ride on a train to the new [[34th Street (IRT Flushing Line)|34th Street]] station to celebrate a part of his legacy as mayor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three cheers for the No. 7 extension |url=https://nypost.com/2013/12/20/mayor-mikes-hudson-yards-feat |date=December 20, 2013 |work=New York Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bloomberg-sneak-ride-7-line-extension-article-1.1554643 |title=Mayor Bloomberg gets ride on No. 7 subway line extension he championed |work=Daily News |location=New York |date=October 21, 2013 |access-date=December 22, 2013 |archive-date=December 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222004314/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bloomberg-sneak-ride-7-line-extension-article-1.1554643 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During his tenure as mayor, Bloomberg made cameos playing himself in the films ''[[The Adjustment Bureau]]'' and ''[[New Year's Eve (2011 film)|New Year's Eve]]'', as well as in episodes of ''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', ''[[The Good Wife]]'', and two episodes of ''[[Law & Order]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089255/ |title=Michael Bloomberg |work=IMDb |access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>

Bloomberg is a private pilot.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/nyregion/10collide.html |title=Airspace Above Hudson a Highway With Few Signs |date=August 10, 2009 |work=The New York Times |url-access=limited}}</ref> He owns six airplanes: three [[Dassault Falcon 900]]s, a [[Beechcraft Super King Air#Super King Air 300/350|Beechcraft B300]], a [[Pilatus PC-24]], and a [[Cessna 182 Skylane]]. Bloomberg also owns two helicopters: an [[AW109]] and an [[Airbus Helicopters|Airbus helicopter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2020/02/19/exodus-at-the-pentagon-488363|website=politico.com|title=Politico Playbook PM: Exodus at the Pentagon|first1=Jake|last1=Sherman|first2=Anna|last2=Palmer|first3=Garrett|last3=Ross|first4=Eli|last4=Okun|date=February 19, 2020|access-date=February 22, 2020}}</ref> and as of 2012 was near the top of the waiting list for an [[AW609]] tiltrotor aircraft.<ref name=nyt609>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/nyregion/in-mayor-bloombergs-jet-setting-heart-a-love-for-helicopters.html |first=Christine |last=Haughney |title=In His Helicopter, Bloomberg Can Rule Skies, and Even Get to Albany |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 12, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2012 |url-access=limited}}</ref> In his youth he was a licensed [[amateur radio operator]], was proficient in [[Morse code]], and built [[ham radio]]s.<ref>{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Bloomberg |url=http://sciencefriday.com/segment/04/06/2012/new-york-city-s-mayor-is-a-geek-at-heart.html |title=New York City's Mayor is a Geek at Heart |publisher=Sciencefriday.com |date=April 6, 2012 |access-date=April 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425231740/https://sciencefriday.com/segment/04/06/2012/new-york-city-s-mayor-is-a-geek-at-heart.html |archive-date=April 25, 2014}}</ref>

Bloomberg's fortune is managed by [[Willett Advisors]], an investment firm that serves as his [[family office]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chung |first=Juliet |date=2017-03-07 |title=Michael Bloomberg's Money Manager Steps Down |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-bloombergs-money-manager-steps-down-1488900243 |access-date=2023-11-25 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>