From the passage provided, extract when Bloomberg L.P. was founded
Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, and a 12% ownership investment by Bank of America through their brokerage subsidiary Merrill Lynch.
Bloomberg L.P. was founded in 1981
<START_INST>From the passage provided, extract when Bloomberg L.P. was founded<END_INST><START_CTX>Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, and a 12% ownership investment by Bank of America through their brokerage subsidiary Merrill Lynch.<END_CTX><START_A>Bloomberg L.P. was founded in 1981<END_A>