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 NEW YORK (AP) - When Johns Hopkins University officials announced they received an anonymous gift of $100 million, billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg's secret was safe for about four hours.
Last summer, when the Carnegie Corporation revealed that an anonymous donor had given $20 million to the philanthropic foundation, that mystery was also short-lived. Both trails led right to Bloomberg.
Since his election to public office in 2001, Bloomberg has maintained a rule of not discussing his philanthropy, which provides him a humble shield as well as a blanket policy to stay mum about his private life.
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