An individual or group of individuals who have played an integral role over time in furthering the creative, technical or professional progress of the Internet.
The Webby Awards is proud to present Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement. As the founder of Bloomberg L.P., Mayor Bloomberg demonstrated both keen engineering abilities and incredible foresight in the development of one of the first ever networked electronic media companies. Bloomberg L.P. provided online services more than ten years before the first Web server was every created. As Mayor of New York, Mr. Bloomberg continues to show his lifelong dedication to technology in his work to position New York as a digital and entrepreneurial capital that drives innovation for the entire country.