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About Hearst family

  • William Randolph Hearst (d. 1951), the son of a successful miner, became proprietor of The San Francisco Examiner at age 24 in 1887.
  • He went on to acquire additional newspapers before entering into radio broadcasting and television.
  • Hearst became a New York Congressman in 1902. His son, William Randolph Hearst Jr., later became a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
  • Grandson William R. Hearst III now chairs Hearst Corp., which owns more than 360 businesses.
  • Major interests include TV network ESPN, financial information provider Fitch Group and 300-plus magazines including Cosmopolitan and Elle.

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Fortune Founded
1887
Source of Wealth
Hearst Corp.
Company Headquarters
New York, New York

Did you know

The Hearst family has made their own headlines. Granddaughter Patty Hearst was kidnapped by a leftist guerrilla group in the 1970s.

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