{"id":633296,"date":"2023-04-21T19:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T00:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/21\/mike-bloomberg-is-planning-to-leave-his-company-to-bloomberg-philanthropies\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T19:57:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T00:57:58","slug":"mike-bloomberg-is-planning-to-leave-his-company-to-bloomberg-philanthropies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/21\/mike-bloomberg-is-planning-to-leave-his-company-to-bloomberg-philanthropies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Bloomberg is planning to leave his company to Bloomberg Philanthropies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire founder of Bloomberg LP<\/a><\/span>, plans to leave his media and financial information juggernaut to his charity<\/a><\/span>, a spokesperson for the business confirmed, clearing up years of speculation about what will happen to the company when its 81-year-old leader\u00a0steps back.<\/p>\n

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3 considerations before your company takes a stance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bloomberg is worth an estimated $94.5 billion<\/a><\/span>, most of which comes from his 88% ownership stake in Bloomberg LP. While it is unclear how much the company is worth\u2014Bloomberg is a private company and not required to share that information\u2014the donation could end up becoming the largest private philanthropic contribution ever.<\/p>\n

Ty Trippet, a spokesperson for the company, disclosed the plans in an interview with the Financial Times<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has committed to giving the company away to Bloomberg Philanthropies when he dies, if not sooner,\u201d Trippet said.<\/p>\n

The company confirmed the statement when Quartz inquired; it declined to elaborate further.<\/p>\n

<\/a>A perpetual purpose trust<\/h2>\n

The FT reports that Bloomberg is likely to put the company in a \u201cperpetual purpose trust,\u201d which is a type of trust set up to benefit a philanthropic cause as opposed to an individual. In this case, all of the company\u2019s profits would benefit Bloomberg Philanthropies and would potentially be overseen by Bloomberg\u2019s two daughters.<\/p>\n

Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire founder of Patagonia, made a similar decision in 2022 when he gave away the outdoor apparel company<\/a><\/span> to a similarly structured trust that is devoted to fighting climate change. Specifically, the trust redirects all profit not reinvested in the company to a nonprofit called the Holdfast Collective.<\/p>\n

According to Forbes<\/a><\/span>, Bloomberg\u2019s lifetime giving has approached $15 billion. In 2010, Bloomberg signed the Giving Pledge<\/a><\/span>, a public commitment for billionaires to donate a majority of their wealth<\/a><\/span> to address societal needs. Bloomberg Philanthropies\u2019 areas of focus have included the arts, education, environment, government innovation, and public health.<\/p>\n

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