Editing Michael Bloomberg (section)

== Awards and honors ==
In 2024, President [[Joe Biden]] awarded Bloomberg the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the Nation's highest civilian honor.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":8" /> In 2022, Bloomberg was awarded the [[Asia Game Changer Awards|Asia Game Changer Award]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nanette Medved-Po to receive prestigious leadership award in New York|url=https://tribune.net.ph/2022/10/13/nanette-medved-po-to-receive-prestigious-leadership-award-in-new-york|date=13 October 2022|website=Daily Tribune}}</ref> Bloomberg has received [[honorary degree]]s from [[Tufts University]] (2007),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=commencement2007&p4=4 |title=Commencement Address: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513024110/https://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=commencement2007&p4=4 |archive-date=May 13, 2012 |publisher=Tufts University |date=May 20, 2007 }}</ref> [[Bard College]] (2007),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bard.edu/commencement/2007/bloomberg_speech.shtml |title=Bard Commencement Address |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027080508/http://www.bard.edu/commencement/2007/bloomberg_speech.shtml |archive-date=October 27, 2012 |publisher=Bard College|date=May 26, 2007 }}</ref> [[Rockefeller University]] (2007),<ref>{{cite web|author=Talley Henning Brown|url=https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/516-bloomberg-wilson-receive-honorary-degrees/|title=Bloomberg, Wilson receive honorary degrees|date=July 13, 2007|publisher=Rockefeller University}}</ref> the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (2008),<ref>{{cite web |first=Kathy |last=Wang |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2008/02/bloomberg_to_address_graduates |title=Bloomberg to address graduates |work=The Daily Pennsylvanian |date=February 19, 2008 }}</ref> [[Fordham University]] (2009),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fordham.edu/info/26213/past_honorary_degree_recipients |title=Past Honorary Degree Recipients |publisher=Fordham University |access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/eNewsroom/topstories_1557.asp |title=Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Commencement Remarks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002543/http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/eNewsroom/topstories_1557.asp |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |publisher=Fordham University|date=May 16, 2009 }}</ref> [[Williams College]] (2014),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://commencement.williams.edu/michael-r-bloomberg-commencement-speaker/ |title=Michael R. Bloomberg, Commencement Speaker |website=williams.edu |date=June 9, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/3_19_2014_honorarydegree/ |date=March 19, 2014 |first=Noelle |last=Lemoine |title=Williams College Announces its 2014 Honorary Degree Recipients |website=Williams College}}</ref> [[Harvard University]] (2014),<ref>{{cite web |last=Reuell |first=Peter |title=Eight to receive honorary degrees |website=Harvard Gazette |date=October 18, 2010 |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/05/eight-to-receive-honorary-degrees/ |access-date=September 17, 2015}}</ref> the [[University of Michigan]] (2016),<ref>{{cite web|author=James Iseler|url=https://record.umich.edu/articles/commencement-speaker-bloomberg-calls-out-intolerance-demagoguery/|title=Commencement speaker Bloomberg calls out intolerance, demagoguery|work=The University Record|publisher=University of Michigan|date=April 30, 2016}}</ref> [[Villanova University]] (2017) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/pressreleases/2017/0426.html|title=Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg L.P., Philanthropist and Three-Term Mayor of New York City, to Deliver Villanova University's 2017 Commencement Address &#124; Villanova University|website=www1.villanova.edu|access-date=March 2, 2020|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302205443/https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/pressreleases/2017/0426.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Washington University in St. Louis]] (2019).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://source.wustl.edu/2019/05/seven-to-receive-honorary-degrees-at-washington-universitys-158th-commencement/ |title=Seven to receive honorary degrees at Washington University's 158th Commencement|publisher=Washington University in St. Louis |date=May 3, 2019 |website=The Source |language=en-US |access-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref> Bloomberg was the speaker for [[Princeton University]]'s 2011 [[baccalaureate service]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Ian |last=Cahir |url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2011/05/29/bloomberg-urges-seniors-follow-path-service |title=Bloomberg urges seniors to follow a path of service |website=princeton.edu |date=May 29, 2011 |access-date=February 18, 2020 }}</ref> On May 27, 2010, Bloomberg delivered the commencement speech at his alma mater, [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/231-10/mayor-michael-bloomberg-delivers-remarks-the-johns-hopkins-university-2010-commencement |title=Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Delivers Remarks At The Johns Hopkins University 2010 Commencement Ceremony |website=The Official Website of the City of New York |date=May 27, 2010 |author=Michael Bloomberg |access-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703024914/https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/231-10/mayor-michael-bloomberg-delivers-remarks-the-johns-hopkins-university-2010-commencement |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition, he was invited to and delivered guest remarks for the Johns Hopkins Class of 2020. Other notable guest speakers during the virtual ceremony included Reddit co-founder and Commencement speaker [[Alexis Ohanian]]; [[Anthony Fauci]], director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leading member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force; and senior class president Pavan Patel<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/05/21/commencement-2020-main/ |title= Senior class president Pavan Patel said the Class of 2020 is "ready to make its mark"  |website=Johns Hopkins University |date=May 21, 2020  |author=Hub staff report |access-date= June 25, 2020}}</ref> Bloomberg has received the [[Yale School of Management]]'s Award for Distinguished Leadership in Global Capital Markets (2003);<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mba.yale.edu/news_events/CMS/Articles/1350.shtml |title=Yale School of Management Honors Michael R. Bloomberg for Distinguished Leadership in Global Capital Markets |publisher=Yale University |date=February 10, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514140252/http://mba.yale.edu/news_events/CMS/Articles/1350.shtml |archive-date=May 14, 2013 }}</ref> Golden Plate Award of the [[American Academy of Achievement]] presented by [[Ehud Barak]] (2004);<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2004 Summit Highlights Photo: Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak presents the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award to Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder and CEO of Bloomberg L.P. during a ceremony held at Chicago's Field Museum.|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/summit/2004/}}</ref> [[Barnard College]]'s Barnard Medal of Distinction (2008);<ref>{{cite web |url=http://barnard.edu/commencement/archives/past-speakers-medalists|title=Past Speakers and Medalists|publisher=Barnard College|access-date=April 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418211241/http://www.barnard.edu/commencement/archives/past-speakers-medalists |archive-date=April 18, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]] [[Leadership for Healthy Communities]]' Healthy Communities Leadership Award (2009);<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1680207/top_policy_groups_take_action_to_create_healthy_communities_prevent |title=Top Policy Groups Take Action to Create Healthy Communities, Prevent Childhood Obesity |url-status=dead |website=redorbit.com |date=April 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525041044/http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1680207/top_policy_groups_take_action_to_create_healthy_communities_prevent/ |archive-date=May 25, 2013 }}</ref> and the [[Jefferson Awards Foundation]]'s U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official (2010).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.multiplyinggood.org/what-we-do/jefferson-awards/past-award-recipients |title=Past Award Recipients: Our National Winners |website=JeffersonAwards.org |access-date=February 19, 2020 }}</ref> He was the inaugural laureate of the annual [[Genesis Prize]] for Jewish values in 2013,<ref>{{cite news |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Emma G. |title=Bloomberg Is First to Receive a $1 Million Jewish Award |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/nyregion/bloomberg-is-first-to-receive-a-1-million-jewish-award.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 20, 2013 |url-access=limited}}</ref> and donated the $1&nbsp;million prize money to a global competition, the Genesis Generation Challenge, to identify young adults' big ideas to better the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bloomberg to give away $1m. Genesis Prize to fund big ideas based on Jewish values |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/bloomberg-to-give-away-1m-genesis-prize-to-fund-big-ideas-based-on-jewish-values |first=Gabriel |last=Cohen |agency=JTA |work=The Times of Israel |date=May 22, 2014 |access-date=February 20, 2020 }}</ref> Bloomberg was named the 39th most influential person in the world in the 2007 and 2008 [[Time 100]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Robert F. Jr. |last=Kennedy |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733754_1735904,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822203709/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733754_1735904,00.html |title=The 2008 TIME 100 |magazine=Time |date=April 30, 2009 |archive-date=August 22, 2013 }}</ref> In 2009, Bloomberg was awarded the [[Lasker Award]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Torrice|first=Michael|title=Mayor Bloomberg Feted with Health Prize|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/mayor-bloomberg-feted-health-prize|date=14 September 2009|website=Science}}</ref> In 2010, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' ranked him #7 in its "Vanity Fair 100" list of influential figures.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Alan |last1=Deutschman |first2=Peter |last2=Newcomb |first3=Richard |last3=Siklos |first4=Duff |last4=McDonald |first5=Jessica |last5=Flint |first6=Adrienne |last6=Gaffney |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/10/the-vf-100-201010 |title=The Vanity Fair 100 |work=vanityfair.com |date=September 1, 2010 }}</ref> Bloomberg received a Lifetime Achievement award from the [[Webby Awards]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Faircloth|first=Kelly|title=What Does Mike Bloomberg Have in Common with Louis C.K. and Bjork|url=https://observer.com/2012/05/what-does-mike-bloomberg-have-in-common-with-louis-ck-and-bjork/|date=15 May 2012|website=The Observer}}</ref> In 2013, the [[Tony Awards]] gave Bloomberg the [[Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre|Excellence in Theatre Award]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|title=New York's Mayor Bloomberg gets his own Tony Award|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/theater/2013/06/08/mayor-bloomberg-receives-tony-award/2404085/|date=8 June 2013|website=USA Today}}</ref> In 2014, Queen [[Elizabeth II]] appointed Bloomberg an [[Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] for his "prodigious entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors, and the many ways in which they have benefited the United Kingdom and the U.K.-U.S. special relationship."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flegenheimer |first1=Matt |title=Bloomberg Is Honored (But Don't Call Him Sir) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/nyregion/bloomberg-named-an-honorary-knight.html |access-date=October 7, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times |issue=56,647 |date=October 7, 2014 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=limited}}</ref> The [[League of Conservation Voters]] awarded Bloomberg the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=League of Conservation Voters Honors Mike Bloomberg with Lifetime Achievement Award|url=https://whcinsider.com/2018/10/03/league-of-conservation-voters-honors-mike-bloomberg-with-lifetime-achievement-award/|date=3 October 2018|website=WHC Insider}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Roberts|first=Alyssa|title=LCV Honors Michael Bloomberg with Lifetime Achievement Award|url=https://www.lcv.org/media-center/lcv-honors-michael-bloomberg-lifetime-achievement-award/|date=3 October 2018|website=LCV}}</ref> He was the recipient of the [[Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals|Heyman Service to America Medal]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gardner|first=Chris|title=Chris Evans to Receive Spirit of Service Award|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/chris-evans-a-starting-point-spirit-of-service-award-1235938038/|date=2 July 2024|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Micael Bloomberg and Outstanding Federal Workers to be honored at 2019 Service to America Medals Gala|url= https://hasbrouck.org/draft/FOIA/2019SammiesMediaAdvisoryFinal.pdf|date=19 October 2019|website=Hasbrouch.org}}</ref> In January 2025 Bloomberg was awarded the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SECNAV Del Toro Presents Mike Bloomberg with the Distinguished Public Service Award |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/4027904/secnav-del-toro-presents-mike-bloomberg-with-the-distinguished-public-service-a/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=United States Navy |language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2025, [[Time Magazine]] awarded Bloomberg the Earth Award<ref>{{cite news|last=Lotmore|first=Mario|title=Former Governor Inslee honored with Time Magazine's 2025 Earth Award|url=https://lynnwoodtimes.com/2025/03/30/inslee-time/|website=Lynnwood Times}}</ref> for his ongoing environmental work including the closure of 300 coal-fired power plants across America, a 20% reduction in N.Y.'s emissions, and donating over $1 billion to climate causes.<ref>{{cite news|last=Worland|first=Justin|title=Michael Bloomberg's Billion-Dollar Climate Bet Is Paying Off|url=https://time.com/collections/earth-awards-2025/7270320/michael-bloomberg/|date=27 March 2025|website=Time}}</ref>