This document provides an overview of Bloomberg L.P., including its financials, business model, history, current initiatives, competition, and a prediction for the future. In 2015, Bloomberg L.P. generated $9.3 billion in revenue with a 30% margin and employs 19,000 people. It has a two-year contract model with transferable subscriptions and annual price increases of 2-1%. Founded in 1981, Bloomberg now has 325,000 terminals and a 65% market share.

1. Bloomberg
L.P.
DAVIS
VORVA (DVORVA)
OCTOBER
3RD,
2016

2. Products
http://www.iainclaridge.co.uk/

3. Products
Bloomberg
Professional
Service

4. Products

5. Financials
– 2015
By
the
Numbers
• $9.3
billion
revenue
• 30%
margin
• 19,000
employees

6. Financials
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Revenue
(Billions)

7. Business
Model
• 2
year
contracts
• Transferable,
but
no
cancelations
• $2,100
monthly,
2%-­‐>1%
price
increase

8. History
Salomon
Brothers
fires
Mike
Bloomberg
1981
Merrill
Lynch
funds
Innovative
Market
Systems
1983
Bloomberg
L.P,
with
5,000
installs
1986
10%
bought
back
for
$200M
20011996
Mike
becomes
mayor
of
NYC
20%
bought
back
for
$4.43B
2008
Mike
returns
as
CEO
2014

9. What’s
HOT?
• BQUANT
• data,
Data,
DATA
• “A
lot
of
times,
people
don’t
know
what
they
want
until
you
show
it
to
them”

10. Competition
• 325,000
terminals
• 65%
market
share

11. Prediction
Work
to
do
– they
can
do
it.

12. Thank
you!