COMPANY

Privately held media empire, founded in 1887 by William Randolph Hearst. Owns newspapers including The Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, and The San Francisco Chronicle, and magazines including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, O, The Oprah Magazine, Popular Mechanics, and Seventeen. Other subsidiaries include Hearst Television and King Features Syndicate (editorial, puzzle and cartoon syndication).

Official Website:
http://www.hearstcorp.com/

Industry:
Media

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$4.1B (2003)

Employees:
20000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank A. Bennack, Jr.	Business	12-Feb-1933		CEO of Hearst, 1979-2002
Cathleen Black	Business	26-Apr-1944		New York City Schools Chancellor, 2010-11
Phil Bronstein	Editor	c. 1951		San Francisco Chronicle Editor, 2003-08
Ward H. Bushee	Editor	c. 1949		San Francisco Chronicle Editor
Ronald J. Doerfler	Business	c. 1942		CFO of Hearst
Anne Sutherland Fuchs	Publisher	c. 1948		Former publisher of Woman's Day
Victor F. Ganzi	Business	14-Feb-1947		CEO of Hearst
William Randolph Hearst	Business	29-Apr-1863	14-Aug-1951	Newspaper magnate
George B. Irish	Business	?		President of Hearst Newspapers
Frank Knox	Politician	1-Jan-1874	28-Apr-1944	US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44
Alfred C. Sikes	Government	16-Dec-1939		FCC Chairman, 1989-93
Anthony J. Vinciquerra	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Fox Networks Group

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank A. Bennack, Jr.	Business	12-Feb-1933		CEO of Hearst, 1979-2002
Cathleen Black	Business	26-Apr-1944		New York City Schools Chancellor, 2010-11
Ronald J. Doerfler	Business	c. 1942		CFO of Hearst
Victor F. Ganzi	Business	14-Feb-1947		CEO of Hearst
William R. Hearst III	Business	c. 1950		San Francisco Examiner Editor, 1984-95
George B. Irish	Business	?		President of Hearst Newspapers

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Helen Thomas	Journalist	4-Aug-1920		White House reporter since 1961

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation

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