Fired and Flailing: The Unlikely Lesson from Mike Bloomberg's Career Crash The high powered world of corporate finance can be unforgiving, as anyone who has ever been let go can attest.
Mike Bloomberg, billionaire media magnate and former mayor of New York City, knows this all too well.
In 1981, at the age of 44, Bloomberg was given his walking papers from Salomon Brothers after spending 15 years building a career there, including an early stint as a clerk earning $9,000 annually.