Last fall I spent over $100 million of my own money to elect Democrats to the House because I believed it was absolutely imperative to ensure a congressional counterweight to President Trump. Thankfully, we were successful. But that was just the first step — the next and most important step is to defeat Donald Trump […]

Remarks as Delivered Washington, DC “Steve, thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. “Let me start with a special thanks to Tom Cochran and his staff for putting this all together. “When I was first elected mayor it was just two months after 9/11, and Tom brought the Conference’s winter meeting to New York. “That really […]

Remarks as Delivered Tysons, Virginia “Laurie thank you so much. I’d like to thank all the elected officials who made time to be here, particularly the Governor who really is doing a great job. I’m a big fan. We stand for a lot of the same things, and you’re actually accomplishing something. “I ran for […]

“Thank you, Reverend Sharpton, and happy King Day everyone. “It’s great to be here with all of you, and let me thank Mayor Bowser for having us. My foundation has been glad to work with Mayor Bowser on some big issues. “I think she’s doing an outstanding job, and isn’t it nice that Washington has […]

“Let me start by saying what an honor it is to receive a fellowship named for John McArthur. He graduated Harvard Business School only three years before I did, but by the time I had graduated, he was already a professor at HBS. “Let’s just say an academic career wasn’t an option for me: I […]

Remarks as prepared for Iowa premiere of Paris to Pittsburgh, Bloomberg Philanthropies latest film with RadicalMedia and National Geographic: Good evening! Let me thank Mayor Cownie for welcoming us all here. And thank you all for joining us. We came to Des Moines because “Paris to Pittsburgh” features Iowans who are building a clean energy […]

“Thank you, Ron, for those very kind words. “I also want to thank Ellen McKenzie, our talented dean of the school of public health at Johns Hopkins. Ellen, you’re doing an incredible job – keep up the great work. “Let me also thank two people who are leading the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at Johns […]

This op-ed originally appeared in The New York Times on November 18, 2018.  Here’s a simple idea I bet most Americans agree with: No qualified high school student should ever be barred entrance to a college based on his or her family’s bank account. Yet it happens all the time. When colleges review applications, all […]

$1.8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University will be devoted exclusively to financial aid, allowing it to permanently offer need blind admissions and eliminate the need for student loans in financial aid packages “America is at its best when we reward people based on the quality of their work, not the size of their pocketbook,” […]

Following the Great Recession, we set out to make New York City the technology capital of the world. Today’s decision by Amazon to bring thousands of new jobs to Queens is the latest big step toward that goal. We always believed that the Applied Science competition would help catalyze the city’s tech industry, and that […]