Early Life
Michael Bloomberg was born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston on February 14, 1942. His family is Jewish. His father, William Henry Bloomberg (1906–1963), was a real estate agent and the son of Alexander "Elick" Bloomberg, an immigrant. His mother, Charlotte Rubens Bloomberg (January 2, 1909–June 19, 2011) was a native of New Jersey. His maternal grandfather was an immigrant from Russia.
The family lived in Allston, Massachusetts, until Bloomberg was two years old. They moved to Brookline, Massachusetts, for the next two years, finally settling in Medford, a Boston suburb, where he lived until after he graduated from college. Bloomberg is also an Eagle Scout.
Bloomberg attended Johns Hopkins University, where he joined Phi Kappa Psi. At Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg worked as a parking lot attendant to pay his tuition. He graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. In 1966 he received his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
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