Michael Bloomberg marries Diana Taylor after more than 25 years together

The ceremony

On Monday, 9 November, Michael Bloomberg, 84, and Diana Taylor, 71, married in a small private ceremony at their home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, according to a spokesman's statement. Family attended, including Bloomberg's daughters, Emma and Georgina. The guest count varies by outlet: El País and HotNews put it at 15, while The New York Times says about a dozen close friends and family joined a lunch after the vows. The spokesman did not explain why the couple decided to marry now. Spiegel, citing the Times, reports that Bloomberg was seen at one of his offices later that afternoon.

How the couple met

The pair first crossed paths in 2000 at a meeting of the Citizens Budget Commission, where they were seated next to each other while Bloomberg was running for mayor for the first time. That evening they met again at a restaurant, and Bloomberg asked Taylor out, according to the couple's statement as relayed by El País. El Mundo reports that Taylor has said he suggested going for a drink on the day they met. The couple rarely discusses the relationship in public, but in a 2011 interview with Harper's Bazaar Bloomberg praised Taylor's intelligence and determination.

Bloomberg's career and earlier marriage

Bloomberg was elected mayor in November 2001, a few months after the 11 September attacks, and took over from Rudy Giuliani in 2002. He served until 2013, and The New York Times counts three terms in office. Bloomberg was married to Susan Brown until 1993, and according to El País he was a divorced father of two young daughters when he took office. Taylor, a former banker, was described as the unofficial first lady of New York City during his mayoralty, and in 2021 the New York City Ballet named her chair of its board, per Spiegel. Forbes estimates his current net worth at $94.9 billion, HotNews reports.

Political giving and 2020 bid

Bloomberg continues to finance Democratic causes. His team said he sent about $80 million to Democrats in September and October ahead of the midterm elections, which the Times says makes him one of the largest known left-leaning donors this cycle. In 2020 he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination and spent roughly one billion dollars in just over three months, but lost out to Joe Biden in the party contest. For both Bloomberg and Taylor, this is a second marriage.