Billionaire philanthropist Mike Bloomberg marries longtime companion Diana Taylor after 26 years collectively

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By Linda Ikeji
10 November 2026, 7:49 am

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has married his longtime companion, Diana Taylor, after greater than 25 years collectively.

Bloomberg, 84, and Taylor, 71, tied the knot on Monday, November 9, at a small non-public ceremony at their Upper East Side residence alongside household, together with his daughters, Emma and Georgina, a spokesperson for Bloomberg stated in a press release.

The pair met 26 years in the past after an opportunity seating association.

“The two first crossed paths when they sat next to each other at a Citizens Budget Commission meeting while he was first running for Mayor,” Bloomberg’s spokesperson stated. 

Bloomberg, a billionaire philanthropist who served three phrases as City Mayor earlier than a failed presidential run in 2020, married Susan Brown in 1976, and so they had been collectively till 1993.

Taylor, who was additionally as soon as married, was accredited as chair of the New York City Ballet’s board of administrators in 2021.

She defended her then-boyfriend Micheal Bloomberg at a “Women for Mike” rally in Texas throughout his 2020 presidential run, providing some selection phrases to individuals involved about demeaning feedback he made about girls.

“It was 30 years ago. Get over it,” Taylor advised CBS News on the time.

“In none of them was he accused of doing anything other than saying something nasty to a woman. That is not who he is. Life has changed,” she stated.

“I grew up in that world. It was a bro culture. We have come a very, very long way and Michael Bloomberg has been at the forefront of that change,” she added.

While Bloomberg was mayor, Taylor served as superintendent of banking for New York State in Gov. George E. Pataki’s administration.

She additionally ceaselessly accompanied Bloomberg to occasions at City Hall when he was the Mayor.

Bloomberg, who has switched political events over his profession, reportedly gave $80 million to Democrats forward of the midterm elections, the Times reported final month.