Bloomberg would sell Media business if elected US President
Mike Bloomberg would sell the media and other businesses he created in the 1980s which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire if he is elected US president, a top adviser has said.
Bloomberg would put Bloomberg LP into a blind trust, and the trustee would then sell the company, adviser Tim O'Brien said Tuesday. Proceeds from the sale would go to Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable giving arm that funds causes from climate change to public health and grants for American cities.
The only restriction Bloomberg would put on the sale is that it not be sold to a foreign buyer or a private equity company, O'Brien said. Bloomberg, a Democrat, is currently chief executive of the company.
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