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Michael Bloomberg is not only New York Citys 108th mayor; he is a business genius and self-made billionaire. He has run the toughest city in America with an independence and show of ego that first brought him great successand eventually threatened it. Yet while Bloomberg is internationally known and admired, few people know the man behind the carefully crafted public persona. In Mike Bloomberg, Joyce Purnick explores Mr. Bloombergs life from his childhood in the suburbs of Boston, to his rise on Wall Street and the creation of Bloomberg L. P. , to his mayoral record and controversial gamble on a third term. Drawing on her deep knowledge of New York City politics, and interviews with Bloombergs friends, family, colleagues, and the mayor himself, she creates a textured portrait of one of the more complex men of our era.

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<b><i>Kirkus</i></b> Of interest to students of Gotham politics....The author's careful account of [Bloomberg's term limit] victory - a worthy case study for anyone seeking ways to game a system designed to protect voters from anti-democratic dynasties - is worth the price of the book. <b><i>Financial Times</i></b> If all goes as expected, in November Mike Bloomberg will be elected mayor of New York City for the third time. The richest man in the city he governs, with an estimated wealth of 20bn, is again using this money to fund a lavish campaign. If he wins, he will have spent at least 250m for the privilege of holding one of the most aggravating and intoxicating jobs in US politics. But running for a third term carries an even higher price, according to Purnick's biography. To do it, Bloomberg worked to overturn the city's two-term limit, despite previously supporting it. He's a different guy than he was a year ago, Purnick quotes a friend. He breached his own code of ethics. Purnick, a <i>New York Times</i> reporter, is mostly admiring. Ed Koch cracked the eggs, [Rudy] Giuliani assembled the ingredients, and then Bloomberg made the omelette, she writes of his role in New York's resurgence. <b><i>New York Times Book Review</i></b> Purnick's reporting...is detailed and delightful.

Kirkus <br> Of interest to students of Gotham politics....The author's careful account of [Bloomberg's term limit] victory - a worthy case study for anyone seeking ways to game a system designed to protect voters from anti-democratic dynasties - is worth the price of the book. <br> Financial Times <br> If all goes as expected, in November Mike Bloomberg will be elected mayor of New York City for the third time. The richest man in the city he governs, with an estimated wealth of $20bn, is again using this money to fund a lavish campaign. If he wins, he will have spent at least $250m for the privilege of holding one of the most aggravating and intoxicating jobs in US politics. But running for a third term carries an even higher price, according to Purnick's biography. To do it, Bloomberg worked to overturn the city's two-term limit, despite previously supporting it. He's a different guy than he was a year ago, Purnick quotes a friend. He breached his own code of ethics. Purnic

Kirkus <br> Of interest to students of Gotham politics....The author's careful account of [Bloomberg's term limit] victory - a worthy case study for anyone seeking ways to game a system designed to protect voters from anti-democratic dynasties - is worth the price of the book. <br><br> Financial Times <br> If all goes as expected, in November Mike Bloomberg will be elected mayor of New York City for the third time. The richest man in the city he governs, with an estimated wealth of $20bn, is again using this money to fund a lavish campaign. If he wins, he will have spent at least $250m for the privilege of holding one of the most aggravating and intoxicating jobs in US politics. But running for a third term carries an even higher price, according to Purnick's biography. To do it, Bloomberg worked to overturn the city's two-term limit, despite previously supporting it. He's a different guy than he was a year ago, Purnick quotes a friend. He breached his own code of ethics. Purnick, a New York Times reporter, is mostly admiring. Ed Koch cracked the eggs, [Rudy] Giuliani assembled the ingredients, and then Bloomberg made the omelette, she writes of his role in New York's resurgence. <br><br> New York Times Book Review <br> Purnick's reporting...is detailed and delightful. <br><br> MINT.com <br> The New York Times reporter Joyce Purnick's fluid writing makes this portrait flow seamlessly. GetAbstract recommends her breezy, deft presentation of Bloomberg's uplifting story to executives, political strategists and aspiring leaders.

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Joyce Purnick has written the twice-weekly Metro Matters column for The New York Times since 1999. Prior to this, she wrote the Metro Matters column from 1994 until becoming deputy editor of Metro. From 1989 until 1994, Ms. Purnick served on the paper's editorial board, writing opinion essays on urban affairs. Her Metro Matters column has won several awards, including the Mike Berger Award from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She is also the recipient the 1987 Peter Kihss Award for reporting on city government, given by the Fund for the City of New York, and a 1979 Front Page Award from the Newswomen's Club of New York for political columns in New York magazine (where she worked before she joined The Times), and awards in 1975 from the Newspaper Guild and the Newswomen's Club of New York for feature writing at The New York Post, where she worked from 1970 to 1978, rising from news clerk to chief political writer. She lives in Manhattan.

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