How One Journalist Helped Michael Bloomberg Amass His Fortune and Revolutionize Financial News

Summary: When billionaire businessman and 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg had the idea of starting a financial news organization back in 1989, his first hire was Matthew Winkler, who at the time was a reporter with The Wall Street Journal. Winkler signed on as editor-in-chief in February 1990 and proceeded to build Bloomberg News into a global news and money-making juggernaut. Today, Bloomberg News employs more than 3,000 journalists worldwide.