Charles Zegar

About Charles Zegar

Birth Year: 1948
Birth Place: New York, New York, United States
Residence: New York City, New York
Alma mater: B.A. Long Island University M.S. New York University
Occupation: Computer programmer
Known for: co-founder of Bloomberg L.P.
Spouse(s): Spouse 1 (widowed) Merryl Judith Snow

Charles Zegar

Charles Zegar was born on 1948 in New York, New York, United States. Charles Zegar is one of three billionaire cofounders of financial services and media giant Bloomberg LP. Zegar, who got a computer science degree at NYU, built the first software for Bloomberg LP's terminals. The son of a subway conductor, he was widowed as a young man and remarried in 2001. He and his current wife, Merryl Snow Zegar, donate to Jewish causes and inner-city education via their Zegar Family Foundation.
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1982

Zegar is one of the four founding partners of Innovative Market Systems (later renamed Bloomberg L.P.), which was established in 1982. The other founders were Michael Bloomberg, Tom Secunda, and Duncan MacMillan. Zegar met Bloomberg while both were working at Salomon Brothers. Zegar initially led Bloomberg's software development efforts.

2001

Zegar has been married twice. He is widowed from his first wife. He remarried in 2001 to administrative judge, Merryl Judith Snow; the Service was officiated by Rabbi Joel Goor and took place at the Essex House in Manhattan.

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