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Michael Bloomberg
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Michael Bloomberg

Entrepreneur · Bloomberg L.P. · born February 14, 1942

$55.5Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

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Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an American businessman and politician. He is the majority owner and co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., and was its CEO from 1981 to 2001, and again from 2014 to 2023. He served as the 109th mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. 39Founded Bloomberg L.P.October 1, 1981
  2. ~60Became Mayor of New York City2002
  3. ~82Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom2024

Reported wealth

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As ofEstimateSource
2019$55.5BForbes · current
November 2017$47.1BForbes

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Stephen A. Schwarzman

Entrepreneur · Blackstone Inc. · finance

1947 · United States

$13.2Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

Stephen Allen Schwarzman is an American businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone Inc., which he established in 1985 with Peter G. Peterson. Schwarzman was chairman of President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum.

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Frederick Douglass

Politician

1818–1895 · United States

Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century".

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Simon Pegg
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Simon Pegg

Actor

1970 · United Kingdom

Simon John Pegg is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright.

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Ángel Di María

Athlete

1988 · Italy

Ángel Fabián Di María is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for and captains Argentine Primera División club Rosario Central.

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Eugene Fama
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Eugene Fama

Scientist

1939 · United States

Eugene Francis "Gene" Fama is an American economist and Nobel Laureate. He is best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis.

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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Scientist

1869–1959 · United Kingdom

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was a British meteorologist and physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Compton for his invention of the cloud chamber.

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