Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial , software , data , and media company . It is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan , New York City . It was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981 along with a 12% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch . [5] It is the world leader in financial market information. It has terminals which combine news and data with messaging, and are in trading rooms all round the world. [6]
The company has become very big and made Michael Bloomberg wealthy , but many employees , especially women , felt that it was a very difficult company to work for. [7] [8]
Started the company the day after I left Salomon Brothers, October 1, 1981, so we're coming on our fifteenth year ? anniversary.