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The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg is a smart and engaging book about one of the most important men in our time. Anyone interested in how to become a billionaire, how to run a major metropolis, and how to make the world a better place will want to read it. --Chris McNickle, urban historian, treasurer, American Historical Society and author of Bloomberg: A Billionaire's Ambition A vivid, timely study of Bloomberg's brand of plutocracy. --Publishers Weekly Only three Mayors merit being enshrined in a mayoral Hall of Fame -- Fiorello La Guardia, Ed Koch, and Michael Bloomberg. But none had a broader impact outside the city. Eleanor Randolph's vivid biography of Bloomberg traces the impact of his Bloomberg terminals on the stock market, his much copied innovative management, the spread of his smoke-free restaurants, his early environmental and parks innovations, his fierce championing of education reform, his once lonely assault on the NRA, the deployment of his fortune to help elect a Democratic Congress in 2018, and his generous and targeted worldwide philanthropy. Bloomberg is no saint, as Randolph makes clear. His vanity can be Trumpian. But nothing about Michael Bloomberg is fake. The former Mayor and his associates opened the vault to Eleanor Randolph, and readers of this anecdote-rich book are in for a treat. --Ken Auletta, bestselling author and writer, The New Yorker Billionaire, New York city mayor, publisher--Michael Bloomberg has managed to be a towering figure in business, politics and journalism. How he navigated these often conflicting roles--with amazing success, even if the presidency eluded him--is a riveting tale, brought to vivid life by veteran journalist and Bloomberg observer Eleanor Randolph.--James B. Stewart, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Tangled Webs This masterful work not only paints a riveting portrait of a fascinating man; it is an absolutely first-rate study of leadership in business, politics and philanthropy. --Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Leadership It is long overdue that a serious biographer appraises this very important and interesting man, as a political leader and administrator, too real for what the major parties today are willing to offer us. Eleanor Randolph, an authoritative, insightful and lively biographer introduces a man who, in a different political climate, might be headed for the White House. --Gay Talese, author of The Kingdom and the Power

This masterful work not only paints a riveting portrait of a fascinating man; it is an absolutely first-rate study of leadership in business, politics and philanthropy. --Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Leadership Only three Mayors merit being enshrined in a mayoral Hall of Fame -- Fiorello La Guardia, Ed Koch, and Michael Bloomberg. But none had a broader impact outside the city. Eleanor Randolph's vivid biography of Bloomberg traces the impact of his Bloomberg terminals on the stock market, his much copied innovative management, the spread of his smoke-free restaurants, his early environmental and parks innovations, his fierce championing of education reform, his once lonely assault on the NRA, the deployment of his fortune to help elect a Democratic Congress in 2018, and his generous and targeted worldwide philanthropy. Bloomberg is no saint, as Randolph makes clear. His vanity can be Trumpian. But nothing about Michael Bloomberg is fake. The former Mayor and his associates opened the vault to Eleanor Randolph, and readers of this anecdote-rich book are in for a treat. --Ken Auletta, bestselling author and writer, The New Yorker It is long overdue that a serious biographer appraises this very important and interesting man, as a political leader and administrator, too real for what the major parties today are willing to offer us. Eleanor Randolph, an authoritative, insightful and lively biographer introduces a man who, in a different political climate, might be headed for the White House. --Gay Talese, author of The Kingdom and the Power Billionaire, New York city mayor, publisher--Michael Bloomberg has managed to be a towering figure in business, politics and journalism. How he navigated these often conflicting roles--with amazing success, even if the presidency eluded him--is a riveting tale, brought to vivid life by veteran journalist and Bloomberg observer Eleanor Randolph.--James B. Stewart, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Tangled Webs A vivid, timely study of Bloomberg's brand of plutocracy. --Publishers Weekly The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg is a smart and engaging book about one of the most important men in our time. Anyone interested in how to become a billionaire, how to run a major metropolis, and how to make the world a better place will want to read it. --Chris McNickle, urban historian, treasurer, American Historical Society and author of Bloomberg: A Billionaire's Ambition

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Eleanor Randolph is a veteran journalist who has covered national politics and the media for The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and other newspapers. Her articles have appeared in Vogue, Esquire, the New Republic, and other magazines. A member of the New York Times editorial staff from 1998 to 2018, she focused on city and state politics, media, and Russia. The author of The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg, she lives in Manhattan with her husband.

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