Launch of the Bloomberg Terminal, a computer system with real-time financial \information, data and a messaging platform for the global financial community.
In 1981, Michael Bloomberg founded Bloomberg L.P. on the simple idea of building a network where both the buy and sell sides can access the same financial market information. They built the Bloomberg Terminal: one computer system that allowed investors the same real-time access to financial information at the same time, no matter their location.
Today the Terminal is the central nervous system of global finance, connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of data, people and ideas – and accurately delivering business and financial information, news and insights to 325,000 subscribers around the world.