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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