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Article: The bloom on the rose: New York's Michael Bloomberg.(Cover Story)
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- Latino Leaders
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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The man had big shoes to fill--and all he had to wear were Armani. Sure, he may look like a million bucks, but Michael R. Bloomberg is actually worth $5 billion. When he speaks, one could picture Woody Allen delivering the lines, but this man is no nebbish. He's a straight shooter with nothing to lose and a wealth of business know-how that's reshaping a post- 9/11 New York into the financial behemoth it's known to be.
In 2002, a 60-year-old Michael Bloomberg stepped into an eight-year old shadow. Since the 9/11 attacks on New York City, mayor Rudolph Giuliani had become a city celebrity, Time magazine's Person of the Year and a national hero. The two-term leader ...