Bloomberg L.P.
American financial, software, data, and media company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar,[9] and a 12% ownership investment by Bank of America through their brokerage subsidiary Merrill Lynch.[10]
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Technology, Financial technology, mass media |
Founded | October 1, 1981; 42 years ago (1981-10-01) |
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Headquarters | Bloomberg Tower 731 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 U.S. |
Number of locations | 176 offices (2021) |
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Revenue | US$10 billion (2019) |
Owner | Michael Bloomberg (88%) Others (12%) |
Number of employees | 20,000 |
Website | bloomberg.com |
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Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools and enterprise applications such as analytics and an equity trading platform, data services, and news to financial companies and organizations through the Bloomberg Terminal (via its Bloomberg Professional Service), its core revenue-generating product.[11] Bloomberg L.P. also includes a news agency (Bloomberg News), a global television network (Bloomberg Television), websites, radio stations (Bloomberg Radio), subscription-only newsletters, and two magazines: Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets.[12]
The company has 176 locations and nearly 20,000 employees.[7][13]