What Can Michael Bloomberg Buy With All His Money? A Short Investigation

It took far less than five minutes into the ninth Democratic presidential debate for Senator Elizabeth Warren to remind each person that former Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a lot of cash. Five minutes later, Mayor Pete Buttigieg asked if we were ready to let someone “buy” the election. Moments immediately after that, Senator Bernie Sanders called out Bloomberg for his place in the shrinking middle class.


So how much cash does Bloomberg have? Let's do the math.


Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's net worth is $61.8 billion. That's enough cash to purchase 87 billion bees. He may purchase more than 7,000 yachts or 41 million Tiffany and C0. Engagement rings. He may pay my rent for 51 million months. He may purchase one million new sets of veneer teeth. He might purchase 309,000 tickets to space, or 500 Picasso paintings.


Let me put this in perspective of the other folks you’ll visualize on stage. According to Corporation Insider, Buttigieg’s net worth is $100,000; Senator Amy Klobuchar’s net worth is $2 million; Senator Bernie Sander’s net worth is $2.5 million; former Vice President Joe Biden’s net worth is $9 million; Senator Elizabeth Warren’s net worth is $12 million; Tom Steyer’s net worth is $1.6 billion; and President Donald Trump’s net worth is $3.1 billion.


Over the 10 weeks he's been running for President, he has spent $338.7 million on television, radio, and digital advertising, according to Organization Insider. That's more than 7 million hydroflasks.