Table of Contents

The Last Supper: The Thrill of Getting Fired: Tarrytown 1981. Capitalism, Here I Come: School, Work, and Hard Knocks. I Love Mondays: Entrepreneurship: Vocation and Avocation. We Can Do That: Elementary Journalism, Not Rocket Science. "No" Is No Answer: Establishment Ignorance and Arrogance. Money Talks: Textbook Multimedia. Computers for Virgins: Technology: Politics and Promises. Management 101: The Bloomberg Way. Coming Up Next: America's a Wonderful Country. Out of the Office: Character and Consistency. Wealth, Wisdom, and Work: Philanthropy and Public Service. Afterword. Index.

About the Author

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG is founder and CEO of Bloomberg L.P., a rapidly growing multimedia empire that encompasses Bloomberg Financial Markets, the top provider of online financial information; Bloomberg News, a wire service providing news stories to leading newspapers worldwide; Bloomberg News Radio, 24-hour, nationally distributed news radio; Bloomberg Business News, a public television program for the investment community; and Bloomberg Information Television, a 24-hour direct satellite television network. MATTHEW WINKLER, a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is founder and Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg News.