Former New York City Mayor and billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg has married his longtime partner Diana Taylor, more than a quarter of a century after the couple first met. Bloomberg, 84, and Taylor, 71, exchanged vows on Monday, 9 November, in a small, private ceremony at their home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
The wedding was confirmed in a statement shared on Bloomberg’s official X account, which described the couple as marrying “twenty-six years after a chance seating assignment.” According to PEOPLE magazine, the ceremony was attended by family, including Bloomberg’s daughters, Emma and Georgina.
An intimate ceremony at home
The couple kept the occasion low-key. The statement said they exchanged vows in front of a small group of relatives, and PEOPLE reported, citing a source, that around 15 guests joined them for lunch afterwards. Video clips shared on social media showed Bloomberg, in a dark pinstriped suit and purple tie, and Taylor, in a black outfit with a long pearl necklace, posing for photographs outside their home.
No officiant was named in the reports, and the couple did not release further details about the ceremony.
How Bloomberg and Taylor met
The pair first crossed paths in 2000. According to the statement quoted by PEOPLE and VINnews, they sat next to each other at a Citizens Budget Commission meeting while Bloomberg was preparing his first run for mayor of New York.
Taylor previously told The Washington Post, in a 2020 interview cited by PEOPLE, that they met again at a restaurant later that same day, where Bloomberg asked her out for a drink. They have been together ever since.
During Bloomberg’s three terms as mayor, from 2002 to 2013, Taylor was widely regarded as New York’s de facto first lady, although the couple never married during that period, La Voce di New York noted.
Who is Diana Taylor?
Taylor is an accomplished figure in finance and public service in her own right. She served as New York State’s Superintendent of Banks from 2003 to 2007, overseeing the state’s banking sector, and has held senior roles in business and on the boards of several companies and non-profit organisations.
She has no children. In the 2020 interview, she described her career as central to how she defines herself, and said she saw herself as a friend to Bloomberg’s two daughters.
Bloomberg’s career and earlier marriage
Bloomberg, founder of the financial data and media company Bloomberg LP, is one of the world’s richest people and a major philanthropist. After leaving City Hall, he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, spending heavily on his campaign before withdrawing and endorsing Joe Biden.
He was previously married to Susan Brown from 1975 to 1993. The couple have two daughters, Emma and Georgina, both of whom attended Monday’s ceremony.
Reactions
News of the wedding drew warm reactions online, with many social media users congratulating the couple on finally tying the knot after 26 years together. Posts featuring the newlyweds outside their Manhattan home were widely shared on Instagram and other platforms within hours of the announcement.
The couple has not indicated whether they plan any larger celebration or honeymoon.
Sources: PEOPLE (via Yahoo), VINnews, La Voce di New York, Mike Bloomberg on X.
