Talk:Michael Bloomberg

Legion of Honour award given to Bloomberg

In September of 2014, the government of France named Michael Bloomberg a Commander of the Legion of Honour. Please include this wonderful award in Mayor Bloomberg's entry. (Some articles from 2014 stated that Bloomberg was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. But the photographs given in articles concerning this award clearly show that he was made a Commander and not simply a Chevalier.)

Semi Protected Edit Request on 1 February 2022 at 23:22

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Please remove the line in the second paragraph detailing his net worth in September 2020. The line before it in 2021 is the most recent source CollectiveSolidarity (talk) 23:22, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: The September 2020 line is useful because it says what his net worth was when he was listed in the Forbes 400 casualdejekyll 01:56, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

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citation needed for Lithuanian grandmother. He says she is from there in an essay he wrote, here: https://subwayreads.org/book/journeys-an-american-story/ Gossamer armor (talk) 10:14, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

 Done Cheers, Ovinus (talk) 23:40, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Update to Philanthropic Efforts to Include Recent $600M+ Donation to 5 HBCUs

This week, Mr Bloomberg donated in excess of $600 Million for Medical Schools at 5 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Howard, Meharry, Morehouse, Charles Drew, and Xavier Universities. This information should be added to his existing philanthropic efforts. The following link is from the Chronicle of Philanthropy, August 6, 2024. Other sources are available including the New York Times, UPI, and AP News. If further documentation is required, please notify me via the E-Mail address associated with my Wikipedia account.

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/bloomberg-gives-600-million-to-four-hcbu-medical-schools-endowments?bc_nonce=g1efnqq7kwewgg0gd11op&cid=reg_wall_signup Cosanders1000 (talk) 05:08, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Additional Awards and honors 

I'm new to Wikipedia and have declared my affiliation with Bloomberg. The following awards and honors are not included in the Michael_Bloomberg#Awards_and_honors subsection and should be added in the appropriate chronological order to the existing content.

• In 2022, Bloomberg was awarded the Asia Game Changer Award.^[1]
• He was the recipient of the Heyman Service to America Medal in 2019.^[2][3]
• The League of Conservation Voters awarded Bloomberg the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.^[4][5]
• In 2013, the Tony Awards gave Bloomberg the Excellence in Theatre Award.^[6]
• Bloomberg received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Webby Awards in 2012.^[7]
• In 2009, Bloomberg was awarded the Lasker Award.^[8]

I appreciate the community's assistance in adding this missing information. Thank you, DLARoss (talk) 17:51, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm here at DLARoss's request. Thank you for disclosing your COI. These additions seem fine to me. Please implement them as you have proposed. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 14:12, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank you Arbitrarily0 for your review and approval. I have implemented the changes. Best, DLARoss (talk) 14:19, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Great. Please note that just because I have approved the edits doesn't mean that your additions will remain intact. Other editors may decide that it is better to list only some of his most prestigious awards, for instance. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 21:06, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Note that in the future, you can tag your post with {{COI edit request}} to put it in a queue for review by lots of other Wikpedians. –Novem Linguae (talk) 21:42, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

IP users insisting on subject's Russian descendancy

As the title says, articles about Americans (including this one) seem to have frequent visits from IP users (almost exclusively geolocated to Russia) making edits that (a claim Russian descendancy and/or (b add subjects to categories like American people of Russian descent << apologies for my terrible ability to use the source editor.

The current page has the sentence describing subject's grandparents altered as in (apologies for not knowing how to permlink to a specific revision:) 1292742379 where the user insists that a maternal grandfather born in (what would be) present-day Belarus makes Bloomberg a Russian-Jewish. irisChronomia (talk) 23:45, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

9/11 Memorial

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Bloomberg's role as chairman of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum is not mentioned in his article. I request the community's consideration of the following, to be included as a subsection of the Philanthropy section:

In October 2006, Bloomberg became chairman of the board and chief fundraiser of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; CBS News and Politico credited him with saving both from the financial and design obstacles that threatened their completion.^[1][2][3] Bloomberg is also chairman of the Perelman Performing Arts Center in the World Trade Center complex.^[4] Bloomberg was Mayor during the initial planning stages of the memorial & museum.^[3] Once he assumed the Chairmanship, he sought to reduce cost increases, finalize fundraising efforts, and resume the mapping and design processes.^[1][5] Bloomberg has raised $450 million for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum,^[6] including a $50 million personal contribution, making him the largest single donor.^[1][3][7] He has also donated $130 million to the Perelman Performing Arts Center.^[8] Bloomberg secured donations from major corporations by saying they held some responsibility as members of the global community.^[1] One of his first acts as chairman was securing a $10 million donation from American Express.^[1] Bloomberg recruited members to the board and donations across the political spectrum including David Koch and Jon Stewart.^[1]

At the ceremony opening for the National September 11 Memorial Museum Bloomberg said the museum was, "a reminder to us and all future generations that freedom carries heavy responsibilities".^[9] He continued to lead the annual 9/11 ceremony after leaving office.^[2] In 2010 he replanted the Callery Pear tree that was originally planted in the World Trade Center complex and was discovered in the rubble and saved after September 11th.^[10] In September 2021, marking the 20th anniversary of the attacks, Bloomberg and the museum launched The Never Forget Fund, focused on educational programming about 9/11.^[11][12]

Arbitrarily0 you've helped me with content additions in the past. Would appreciate your input here as well. Thanks, DLARoss (talk) 12:15, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello. It would be good of another user examined this claim, just to have more views in the mix here. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 21:35, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

@DLARoss, I'm looking at this suggested edit per your ping on Star Mississippi's talk page. I have a few pieces of feedback:

• For the statement he is credited with bringing both of the projects to fruition, you should mention who credited him with doing that.
• The statement From the beginning of his chairmanship, Bloomberg's stated goals were to bring costs under control, convert donation pledges to contributions, and re-start the planning process. seems too laudatory. I would suggest rewording to reflect that he sought to limit cost increases, solicit donations from those who had pledges, and restart planning.
• For the statement Bloomberg secured donations from major corporations by asserting they held some responsibility as members of the global community, I should note that "asserting" is a word to watch and can most likely be changed to a neutral word like "saying".
• For the final sentence, I suggest cutting out the Boston Herald. We already have two reliable sources (USA Today and the trade publication PR Week) for this statement, but the Boston Herald doesn't have as clear of a consensus as to reliability.

– Epicgenius (talk) 13:58, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Actually, zooming out a little, the memorial work doesn't seem to be as much a part of Bloomberg's life compared to, say, his tenure as mayor or his leadership of Bloomberg LP. Perhaps this can be combined to 2 paragraphs or so, and treated as a subsection of another section (e.g. Philanthropy)? This is how I would structure it:

• Paragraph 1: Describe Bloomberg's role in the 9/11 Memorial and Museum and the Perelman Performing Arts Center, the donations he personally made, and the donations he helped solicit (your proposed paragraphs 1-3)
• Paragraph 2: Describe what he did at the opening of the 9/11 Memorial, planting the tree, his role after leaving office, and the Never Forget Fund (your proposed paragraphs 4-5)

I don't think this would require deleting any significant content, just condensing the paragraphs a bit for readability and brevity. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:29, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

While i am fairly new to COI edits this is my proposal

In October 2006, Bloomberg became chairman of the board and chief fundraiser of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; he is credited with bringing both of the projects to fruition. Bloomberg is also chairman of the Perelman Performing Arts Center in the World Trade Center complex.

When he started, Bloomberg's stated goals were to reduce costs, convert donation pledges to contributions, and re-start the planning process. Bloomberg has raised $450 million for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, making him the largest single donor, and also donated $130 million to the Perelman Performing Arts Center. Bloomberg also secured donations from major corporations, and politicians, including a $10 million donation from American Express, getting David Koch and Jon Stewart on the board.

In 2010 he replanted the Callery Pear tree that was originally planted in the World Trade Center complex and was discovered in the rubble and saved after September 11th.

In September 2021, Bloomberg and the museum launched The Never Forget Fund, focused on educational programming about 9/11.

Spravato (talk) 00:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your thoughtful and detailed response. Epicgenius, I have taken your suggestions under advisement and revised the ER above accordingly. Would be grateful for your thoughts. If you think it is ready for inclusion, I can take the time to implement. Again, many thanks, DLARoss (talk) 13:42, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

@DLARoss, looks good to me. I've added it in the article and revised it a little, but I think it looks good to go now. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:09, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

 Done Epicgenius (talk) 15:10, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Reversal of anonymous edit

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An anonymous editor recently restructured some of the content of this article and positioned it in a newly created "Controversies" section. As per Wikipedia's WP:CRIT policy, I am asking for this edit to be reversed and for the content to be returned to the original placement throughout the article. Thank you, DLARoss (talk) 14:08, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

 Not done. WP:CRIT is not a policy. You can't just use it as one to get your way in an edit request. NotJamestack (talk) 22:06, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Reopening this ER as per Epicgenius's suggestion. Asking for additional input from the community in reconsidering these edits. I now understand that WP:CRIT is not a policy; WP:NPOV supports the dispersion of this content as per my original request. Thank you, DLARoss (talk) 14:40, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

I looked into this issue and I tend to agree with the OP. The restructuring itself does not violate NPOV, and stating the facts themselves does not violate NPOV either, but the practice of lumping them into a "Controversy" section is generally frowned upon.

It is also worth noting that the lead does not mention these particular controversies. It does say that the stop-and-frisk program was controversial.

I am undoing the changes. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 15:47, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Partly done there is a dedicated "public image" section which can work as a place where you can put controversies. The new thing that the anonymous editor added was a class-action lawsuit alleging that his campaign staffers were defrauded of pay from March to November, and I think it's germane to the description of his campaign. I also updated the numbers he spent on the election, which was >$1B. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 16:32, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, Szmenderowiecki, for looking at this and explaining your edit. This seems fair. DLARoss (talk) 14:32, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

HBCU Charter School pipeline

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Please add the following to the Educational philanthropy content of this article:

In 2025, Bloomberg expanded his support of HBCU education by funding a $20 million initiative to develop K-12 charter schools on HBCU campuses and establish a direct pipeline of quality educational opportunities.^[1]

DLARoss (talk) 17:21, 7 January 2026 (UTC)