#17 Michael Bloomberg - Net Worth $31.3 Billion $0 | 0% As of 4/12/2014

Michael Bloomberg is no longer the richest mayor in the world, merely the 16th richest person in the world. He relinquished control of New York City in December, after 12 years of shaping everything in the Big Apple. With elected office behind him, Bloomberg has wasted little time announcing new philanthropic and political initiatives, including stepping up his anti-gun programs in the U.S., a plan to train business journalists across Africa and a $53 million effort to boost the declining fish supply in Brazil,Chile and the Philippines. Last year he also pledged $100 million to the Gates Foundation to help fellow billionaire Bill Gates eradicate polio. His lifetime philanthropic giving has reached $2.4 billion. Despite the giving, Bloomberg is richer than ever, with his fortune up $6 billion since last year, thanks to the performance of Bloomberg LP, the financial data firm he founded in 1982 after being fired from Salomon Brothers. He owns 88% of the company, which generated $8.3 billion in 2013 revenues. Bloomberg also owns at least 10 homes in Manhattan, Westchester County, Bermuda, Vail and the Hamptons.

Mayor, New York City, United States
Age 72
Source Of Wealth Bloomberg LP, Self Made
Residence New York, NY
Citizenship United States
Marital Status In Relationship
Children 2
Education Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Johns Hopkins University

Michael Bloomberg on Forbes Lists

#16 Billionaires
#11 in United States
#13 in 2013
#29 Powerful People
#10 Forbes 400