George Randolph Hearst II

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George Randolph Hearst Jr. (born July 13, 1927) has been chairman of the board of the Hearst Corporation since 1996, succeeding his uncle Randolph Apperson Hearst. He has been a director of the company for over forty years.

Non-family executives are a majority on the trust that controls the corporation, and this trust will not dissolve until all grandchildren alive at the death of William Randolph Hearst have died. George Jr. is one of the oldest grandchildren. However, there are five family seats among the 13 trustees, and George represents his branch of the family.

[edit] Children

He married Mary Thompson (b. 1931), in 1951[1] deceased, and they had four children, all born in California. They divorced in 1969.[2]

  1. Mary Astrid Hearst (1953–2004), born in Santa Monica, married Randy Ives, two daughters, died at San Simeon, California of cancer; known as "Bunny"[3]
  2. George Randolph Hearst III (born 1955)
  3. Stephen Thompson Hearst (born 1956)
  4. Erin Wilbur Hearst (born 1959) married a Mr Knudson

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ New York Times, Nov 15, 1968 "George Hearst Jr Sued by Wife of 17 Years"
  2. ^ Time Magazine Aug 15, 1969
  3. ^ San Francisco Chronicle, Apr 30, 2004, Obituary
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