Michael Bloomberg
American businessman and politician
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| January 2025 | Bloomberg was awarded the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award. |
| January 2025 | Bloomberg was awarded the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award. |
| 2024 | Bloomberg donated $600 million to the four Historically Black Medical Schools to support their significantly underfunded endowments, with an additional $5 million to help Xavier University establish a new medical school. |
| 2024 | Bloomberg announced a $1 billion gift to Johns Hopkins University to make medical school tuition free for students from families making under $300,000 a year, starting in the fall of 2024. |
| 2024 | Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden. |
| 2024 | Bloomberg donated $600 million to the four Historically Black Medical Schools to support their significantly underfunded endowments, with an additional $5 million to help Xavier University establish a new medical school. |
| 2024 | Bloomberg announced a $1 billion gift to Johns Hopkins University to make medical school tuition free for students from families making under $300,000 a year, starting in the fall of 2024. |
| 2024 | Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden. |
| October 2024 | Contributed $50 million to support Kamala Harris's election campaign and $19 million to a pro-Biden super PAC. |
| October 2024 | Contributed $50 million to support Kamala Harris's election campaign and $19 million to a pro-Biden super PAC. |
| January 2024 | Bloomberg joined a group led by David Rubenstein in a $1.725 billion deal to purchase the Baltimore Orioles. |
| January 2024 | Bloomberg joined a group led by David Rubenstein in a $1.725 billion deal to purchase the Baltimore Orioles. |
| 2023 | Recognized as America's highest giving philanthropist, donating $3 billion in that year. |
| 2023 | Steps down as CEO of Bloomberg L.P. |
| 2023 | Steps down as CEO of Bloomberg L.P. |
| 2023 | Recognized as America's highest giving philanthropist, donating $3 billion in that year. |
| October 19 2023 | Following the Hamas attack on Israel, Bloomberg committed to matching donations to the Israeli Red Cross (Magen David Adom), ultimately matching $25 million in donations to the ambulance and Medivac service. |
| October 19 2023 | Following the Hamas attack on Israel, Bloomberg committed to matching donations to the Israeli Red Cross (Magen David Adom), ultimately matching $25 million in donations to the ambulance and Medivac service. |
| September 2023 | Opened the Perelman Performing Arts Center with $130 million of Bloomberg's support, serving as the center's chair. The $500 million art center is the final major piece of the World Trade Center site redevelopment. |
| September 2023 | Bloomberg committed another $500 million to Beyond Carbon to 'finish the job on coal'. |
| September 2023 | Opened the Perelman Performing Arts Center with $130 million of Bloomberg's support, serving as the center's chair. The $500 million art center is the final major piece of the World Trade Center site redevelopment. |
| September 2023 | Bloomberg committed another $500 million to Beyond Carbon to 'finish the job on coal'. |
| September 2022 | Bloomberg launched Beyond Petrochemicals, an $85 million campaign aimed at blocking the construction of 120 proposed petrochemical projects in Louisiana, Texas, and the Ohio River Valley. |
| September 2022 | Bloomberg launched Beyond Petrochemicals, an $85 million campaign aimed at blocking the construction of 120 proposed petrochemical projects in Louisiana, Texas, and the Ohio River Valley. |
| June 2022 | Began serving as chair of the Defense Innovation Board, an independent advisory board to the U.S. Department of Defense. |
| June 2022 | Began serving as chair of the Defense Innovation Board, an independent advisory board to the U.S. Department of Defense. |
| March 2021 | Bloomberg gave Harvard $150 million to establish the Bloomberg Center for Cities to support mayors. |
| March 2021 | Bloomberg gave Harvard $150 million to establish the Bloomberg Center for Cities to support mayors. |
| February 5 2021 | Bloomberg was re-appointed by UN Secretary General António Guterres as his Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions in the lead-up to the climate conference in Scotland. |
| February 5 2021 | Bloomberg was re-appointed by UN Secretary General António Guterres as his Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions in the lead-up to the climate conference in Scotland. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg runs in the Democratic Party presidential primaries and subsequently endorses Joe Biden as the party's nominee after dropping out of the race. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg proposed banning flavored electronic cigarettes, raising cigarette taxes, reducing nicotine levels, and requiring health insurance coverage for smoking cessation if he became president. |
| 2020 | Published an op-ed supporting policies to reduce economic inequality. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg spoke at the Democratic National Convention, criticizing President Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic management. |
| 2020 | Led New York's contact tracing effort to help control the spread of COVID-19. |
| 2020 | Convened a bipartisan gathering of mayors through a partnership with Harvard College to discuss and learn about pandemic responses. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg donated $100 million to America's four Historically Black Medical Schools (Meharry Medical College, Howard University College of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science) through the Greenwood Initiative to reduce student debt. |
| 2020 | Invested $115 million in Joe Biden's campaign in key states and raised over $16 million to clear court fines for nearly 32,000 Black and Hispanic Florida voters with felony convictions. |
| 2020 | Partnered with Johns Hopkins University to train COVID-19 contact tracers and search for virus treatments through the university's public health school. |
| 2020 | Launched an information and action sharing network for cities through the National League of Cities during the pandemic. |
| 2020 | Donated $6 million to World Central Kitchen to provide meals to healthcare workers in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Supported international COVID-19 response efforts through partnerships with the International Rescue Committee, World Health Organization, and Vital Strategies to combat virus spread and prepare regional leaders. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg co-founded a $75 million fund to support nonprofits in New York City impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg proposed banning flavored electronic cigarettes, raising cigarette taxes, reducing nicotine levels, and requiring health insurance coverage for smoking cessation if he became president. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg runs in the Democratic Party presidential primaries and subsequently endorses Joe Biden as the party's nominee after dropping out of the race. |
| 2020 | Published an op-ed supporting policies to reduce economic inequality. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg donated $100 million to America's four Historically Black Medical Schools (Meharry Medical College, Howard University College of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science) through the Greenwood Initiative to reduce student debt. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg co-founded a $75 million fund to support nonprofits in New York City impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Partnered with Johns Hopkins University to train COVID-19 contact tracers and search for virus treatments through the university's public health school. |
| 2020 | Convened a bipartisan gathering of mayors through a partnership with Harvard College to discuss and learn about pandemic responses. |
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