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The remarkable story of how Michael Bloomberg created a mediaempire

"Lots of entrepreneurs make money. Lots of entrepreneurs whomake money write books. Few of those books make you glad they did.This one does."
—The New York Times Book Review

"A classic tale of a nimble, customer-focused, entrepreneurialDavid outsmarting bureaucratic, ossified, corporateGoliaths."
—Business Week

"Entertaining, engaging, and informative, Bloomberg byBloomberg is packed with great advice about how to start alean, hungry company-and how to keep it that way."
—Bryan Burrough, coauthor, Barbarians at theGate

Brash, aggressive, and supremely self-confident, MichaelBloomberg, the visionary leader of the world's fastest-growingmedia empire, has been hailed as the new standard for what it takesto win in the Information Age. Dismissed from Salomon Brothers in1981, Bloomberg immediately took his money and acerbic personalityand started Bloomberg L.P. Bolstered by a $30 million investmentfrom Merrill Lynch, the company and the man have been sprintingahead of the pack ever since. Only twenty years after founding,he's at the top of his industry. And on June 5, 2001, he addedmayoral candidate for New York City to his list of accomplishmentsand aspirations. If elected, powerhouse Michael Bloomberg willbring his own brand of leadership-and personal style-to the citythat never sleeps.

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January 1, 2001
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0471208884
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A provocative autobiography by the visionary leader of theworld's fastest-growing media empire

"A classic tale of a nimble, customer-focused, entrepreneurialDavid outsmarting bureaucratic, ossified, corporateGoliaths."
—Business Week

"Michael Bloomberg is the most creative media entrepreneur of ourtime and, with Bill Gates, perhaps the most successful."
—Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & Chief Executive, NewsCorporation

"Entertaining, engaging, and informative, Bloomberg by Bloomberg ispacked with great advice about how to start a lean, hungrycompany-and how to keep it that way."
—Bryan Burrough, coauthor, Barbarians at theGate

"The man with Wall Street's best known generic name has written anautobiography that keeps you up late to finish. The book is full ofwonderful insights about Wall Street and about starting and growinga new business."
—Julian H. Robertson Jr., Chairman, Tiger ManagementLLC

"This is the best insight yet on how one man shook up the entirefinancial information industry."
—Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group ofCompanies

All author's royalties from Bloomberg by Bloomberg aredonated to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

About the Author

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG is CEO and Founder of Bloomberg L.P., aglobal media company that encompasses the Bloomberg Professionalservice, a leading provider of online financial information;Bloomberg News, a wire service providing news stories to leadingnewspapers worldwide; Bloomberg Radio, a 24-hour news radio stationwhich is distributed internationally; Bloomberg Television, aglobal financial television network; www.bloomberg.com andBloomberg Publishing, which includes Bloomberg Press and themagazines, Bloomberg Personal Finance and BloombergMarkets.

MATTHEW WINKLER, a former reporter for the Wall StreetJournal, is founder and Editor in Chief of Bloomberg News.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ John Wiley & Sons Inc; 1st edition (January 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0471208884
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0471208884
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches

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Michael Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP, a global media and financial services company. He served as mayor of New York City from 2002-2013, earning a reputation for independence and innovation. In 2014, the UN Secretary-General appointed him Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, and he leads the boards of numerous climate-related organizations. He is one of the world’s most prominent philanthropists, and the environment is one of the five main focus areas of his foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies. Learn more about Bloomberg’s environment work on MikeBloomberg.com.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2002

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I did not know much about Michael Bloomberg before he became the mayor of NYC and for this reason, I bought and read this book. I came away being impressed, amazed, and intrigued by this multi-layered character who is now inhabiting City Hall. Is the book a tad self-serving and guilty of just a bit of hyperbole? Yes, but, he's the first to admit that he's an egomaniac (at least he's honest about it!!) and I found that entirely refreshing. It's a great tale of the American dream told with unabashed enthusiasm and dry wit. I, for one, think we have exactly the right guy in City Hall!!

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A highly recommended autobiography of a legitimate modern-day success story

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2017

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Michael Bloomberg didn't run for mayor of New York City until 2001, but "Bloomberg by Bloomberg" (copyright 1997) was plainly written with the possibility in mind. Plenty of public figures have written autobiographical introductions; this one, quite fortunately, avoids most of the pure sugar-coating and actually delivers an interesting story. Bloomberg is undoubtedly a textbook case for making "luck", as the saying has it, out of the intersection of preparation and opportunity. Though co-written, it captures Bloomberg's voice with ease and contains a hefty amount of solid, no-frills business advice that makes it decidedly worth reading for anyone who takes an interest in commerce

As a "how I made my millions" story, it's one of the most user-friendly -- even 20 years after its initial publication -- and Bloomberg's characteristic get-it-done style makes it an easy read. The entire book has a refreshing undertone of an unwritten but implied "Let's cut the crap. Here's what I want you to know."

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Excellent Read - Now looking for a new book that covers his 3 terms as Mayor of New York City.

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2015

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Really a good read! This book gives insight into how Mr. Bloomberg thinks and problem solves. It's especially interesting because he covers his personal life and the creation of Bloomberg LP. Now he's completed 3 terms as Mayor of New York City and is back at Bloomberg - he should write another book! Fascinating man!

Inspiring, full of advices and life experiences.

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2015

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I consider Bloomberg, a company which is always on top of everything, it is without a doubt the most important source of business news and information. After reading, this book i understand why. Michael bloomberg show us how he created his company, why prefer do it by himself than buying other companies, seeing improvements every day and beleive in his people. I know understand why he said succes does not get by revolutionary things if not by evolutionary things. Hard word, share, lucky and honesty by yourself and your people and have a good ego help to obtain what you want. Great book.

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Excellent financial history book

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2015

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Fascinating book about the origins, and mid life of one of the greatest enterprises ever undertaken. Geek does good, and changes 3 or 4 industries in the process. The Bloomberg terminal is ubiquitous on Wall Street, Bloomberg News has become one of the most respected independent sources in the world, and market data/economic releases are the industry standard. A microscopic look at the dynamics at Salomon Brothers, and probably the greatest employee firing in history. Begs for an update by the man himself for 2015.

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Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2012

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B-by-B is disappointing book, full of jingoism and platitudes. If you want a quick read, start at chapter 10, to find out the details of Bloomberg's life and business success.

I am admirer of Bloomberg. After all, he created a successful business from scratch, before becoming a competent mayor. Trouble is that he provides little insight into the evolution of Bloomberg. I have the impression that while Michael Bloomberg was the CEO, he had little hands-on involvement. What he really provided was money (part of the $10M golden-handshake from Salomon Bros.) and leadership (because of his involvement in the application of computers to stock and bond trading at Salomon). So MB was able to provide strategic guidance, while the rest of the players operated Bloomberg. There are simply far too few anecdotal stories.

Of the few anecdotes, few are useful. One of the most ludicrous policies was the open-office ballpark for all employees. If you are a serious software developer, you need peace and quiet. In-house assembly of cables, which turned out to be incorrectly wired? Ridiculous. Just buy them pre-made, like everyone else.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2011

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Reading Bloomberg's perspective on his own success was revelatory on several levels. The transformation from a terminal based business to a news service provider to a communications platform demonstrated tremendous vision and boldness in executing on the idea that there was a demand for improved financial information disemination and speed. Providing and pushing the frontier for real time news and price updates has been a great business model. The places they went and progress they made in different arenas based on this one idea is just great.
Bloomberg has many strong views on management and shares his corporate philosophy of 'us' versus 'them,' of paying in equity from a common pool, of never rehiring someone who's left. From his perspective, it is clear Bloomberg is continuously innovative, an interesting contrast with some current outsider perspectives that in some ways the Bloomberg terminal interface exemplifies an antiquated technology persisting as a legacy system. Keeping in mind that he wrote this book ages ago, pre-governorship and at the time claiming to have no political ambitions, I wonder if companies all inevitably age as their founders age, if companies that produce products that were revolutionary at the time inevitably stop innovating at such a high level.
His background in sales shines through and seems to have had a large contribution to his success. His belief that his company is the best and his ability to sell that belief to others makes me to realize you can't overemphasize the importance of sales when it comes to business.

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Thiago Guedes

Razoável

Reviewed in Brazil on November 2, 2018

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Grande parte do filme é uma propaganda do terminal bloomberg. Mas é possível conhecer de forma superficial a história de como o negócio iniciou.

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Lakshmi Kanth

Great book!

Reviewed in India on May 21, 2019

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Excellent book!! Always a joy reading a memoir from the horse's mouth:-)

R J Boyington

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2018

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Good product

Philip H.

Recommendable

Reviewed in Germany on July 26, 2015

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It's a great biography by a great man who had a vision and he stuck to it. That's what a company needs! A leader who shows the way! And that's exactly what M. Bloomberg is.

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自伝

Reviewed in Japan on October 12, 2008

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としては面白い部類に入ると思いますが、経済ジャーナリストなので、経済に興味のない方は楽しく読めないと思います。
著者はとてもシャープな方で、ユーモアもありますし、ジャーナリストだけあって、英語のボキャブラリーも豊富でとても読みやすく、英語の文章の書き方の勉強にもなると思います。そういう意味では価値のある一冊です。

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