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BLOOMBERG L.P. Bloomberg Tower, 731 Lexington Avenue, New York City, New York
BLOOMBERG L.P. TIMELINE
Mike Bloomberg, Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan and Charles Zegar founded Innovative Market Systems with an initial 30% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch.
1981
A wire service called Bloomberg Business News is started. The 10,000th terminal is installed.
1990
Bloomberg magazine is launched and a radio New York radio station is acquired. AM 1130 (WBBR) or SiriusXM channel 113
Innovative Marketing Systems became Bloomberg L.P.
1986
Mike Bloomberg became Mayor Bloomberg and appointed Lex Fenwick in his stead. Mike Bloomberg: MikeBloomberg.com - Home
2001
Twenty data terminals installed at Merrill Lynch.
1982
Daniel L. Doctoroff steps down as Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and became President of Bloomberg L.P.
2008
Daniel L. Doctoroff was named CEO of the company.
Bloomberg L.P. acquired BusinessWeek and New Energy Finance.
2009
1989
1992 2011
Bloomberg Tradebook, Bloomberg Messaging Service and Bloomberg newswire were launched.
THE BLOOMBERG TERMINAL • It is a subscription service that sells
financial data and analytic software to leverage the data's usefulness, trading tools and news (electronic, print, TV, radio).
• All of this is accessible through a color-coded Bloomberg keyboard which allows users to access the sector and information they seek.
• The application programming interface (API) allows users to export data from the terminal to 3rd party applications, such as Microsoft Excel.
• Bloomberg L.P. includes a range of add-ins in their terminal software which interact well with other programs.
CORE BUSINESS Bloomberg Professional Data Terminals
• The Bloomberg Professional service is essential for the world's financial and business professionals. It delivers a vast array of global data in milliseconds. Data, analytics, news, communications, charts, execution platforms and customer support that let you turn knowledge into action.
• Bloomberg Tradebook is Bloomberg's agency broker that partners with the buy-side (investment managers, hedge funds) and sell-side (investment banking clients) to provide high-quality liquidity, market insight and customized solutions based on innovative technologies.
WHAT SETS BLOOMBERG L.P. APART
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPY
29000+ HOURS VOLUNTEERED BY EMPLOYEES LAST YEAR
ACQUISITIONS
• Bloomberg New Energy Finance is the world's foremost provider of industry-leading research and analysis, up-to-the-minute verified news and the most robust source of data on clean energy, low-carbon technologies and the
carbon markets.
• Businessweek is a consumer oriented business magazine and web property acquired from McGraw- Hill.
• Individually paid subscriptions rose 7 percent in the latter half of last year, while ad pages jumped 49 percent in the first quarter of this year, bringing profitability in sight.
NEW VENTURES
• Bloomberg Law provides information legal practitioners and academic users need, tailored to the way they work. All that–together with a dedicated customer service team of attorneys and law librarians–makes Bloomberg Law the first choice for research.
• Named one of the “Ten Most Innovative Companies in Sports” by Fast Company magazine, Bloomberg Sports is becoming a major player in the field of sports data analytics for consumers and professionals.
73,379 FANTASY FOOTBALL SEARCHES PERFORMED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS
CONNECTED AND INFORMED
• From high-level overviews to granular details, Bloomberg Government conveniently integrates exclusive industry information and insights, up-to-date legislative and regulatory data, searchable contract and grant opportunities, detailed company, state and district profiles, and official source documents in a single application.
• Reaching over 270 million homes worldwide, Bloomberg Television is based on the power of Bloomberg News, a global infrastructure of some of the world's best business reporters.