Bloomberg weds longtime partner Diana Taylor after 26 years

Michael Bloomberg și Diana Taylor / Credit: Lev Radin / Sipa USA / Profimedia

Former New York City Mayor and billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg has married his longtime partner, Diana Taylor, after 26 years together.

Bloomberg, 84, and Taylor, 71, exchanged vows on Monday in a small, private ceremony at their home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York.

A spokesperson for Bloomberg announced the marriage in a statement shared on Monday, saying the ceremony was attended by family members, including the former mayor’s daughters, Emma and Georgina.

“Twenty-six years after a chance seating assignment, Mike Bloomberg and Diana Taylor have married. The longtime couple exchanged vows today in a small, private ceremony at their home on the Upper East Side, joined by family, including his daughters, Emma and Georgina,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that the couple first met when they were seated next to each other at a Citizens Budget Commission meeting while Bloomberg was campaigning for mayor.

According to PEOPLE, the newlyweds hosted a lunch for about 15 guests after the ceremony.

Bloomberg and Taylor began their relationship in 2000. Taylor recounted in a 2020 interview with The Washington Post that they first met at a business luncheon before running into each other again at a restaurant, where Bloomberg asked her out for a drink.

Taylor, a former Wall Street executive, served as New York State Superintendent of Banks under former Governor George Pataki.

She also accompanied Bloomberg to several official engagements during his 12-year tenure as mayor and was widely regarded as the city’s unofficial first lady.

She became chair of the New York City Ballet’s board of directors in 2021.

Bloomberg, who served three terms as New York City mayor between 2002 and 2013, previously married Susan Brown in 1975. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1993, and they have two daughters.

Taylor was also previously married.

The wedding marks the second marriage for both Bloomberg and Taylor.