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Mike Bloomberg
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Mike Bloomberg

Money, Power, Politics

Public Affairs, 2009 mais...


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Well Structured
  • Engaging
  • Inspiring

Recommendation

Mike Bloomberg’s story ranks as one of modern business and political history’s most inspiring and instructive tales. Take an average, middle-class man with uncommon vigor. Then, imbue him with the discipline and confidence to take maximum advantage of the great opportunities he encountered in college, Wall Street and, eventually, the electrified world of New York City politics. New York Times reporter Joyce Purnick’s fluid writing style makes this portrait of an ethical, tough, innovative leader flow seamlessly, so readers can easily enjoy and absorb its themes and stories. getAbstract recommends her breezy, deft, comprehensive presentation of Bloomberg’s uplifting life story to executives, political strategists and aspiring leaders.

Take-Aways

  • In 1966, Mike Bloomberg, then 23, became the first M.B.A. ever to be hired by Salomon Brothers.
  • When Salomon fired Bloomberg in 1981, he used his $10 million severance payment to start a new firm.
  • His company revolutionized the investment technology business by using PCs that combined trading, analytics and data in a single leased unit.

About the Author

New York Times reporter Joyce Purnick wrote the paper’s award-winning, Metro Matters column for 10 years. She joined the paper in 1979, after stints at the New York Post and New York magazine, becoming the first woman to head the Times’ City Hall bureau and its Metro department. She has, so far, covered six mayors of New York.


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