Employer Hearst Corporation Name George Hearst | Died January 26, 1972 | |
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Born April 23, 1904 ( 1904-04-23 ) Children George Randolph Hearst, Jr. Siblings Randolph Apperson Hearst, William Randolph Hearst, Jr., John Randolph Hearst, David Whitmire Hearst Parents Millicent Hearst, William Randolph Hearst Grandchildren George Randolph Hearst III, Stephen Thompson Hearst, Mary Astrid Hearst, Erin Wilbur Hearst Similar People William Randolph Hearst, Randolph Apperson Hearst, Millicent Hearst, Phoebe Hearst, George Hearst | ||
George Randolph Hearst, Sr. (April 23, 1904 – January 26, 1972) was the eldest son of William Randolph Hearst.
Though he never held a title higher than Vice-President at the Hearst Corporation, he was listed above many with higher-sounding titles when executives were listed in the company's publications. One of the five family trustees of the trust established under his father's will (which made sure that eight non-family trustees would have majority control), he was able to secure a seat on the corporation's board for his son, George Randolph Hearst, Jr., in the 1950s. After Hearst Sr.'s death in 1972, his son succeeded him as a trustee and was chairman of the corporation's board from 1996 until his death in 2012.
He was married to the actress Collette Lyons.