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George Randolph Hearst Jr.

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Citizenship
  
United States

Parents
  
George Randolph Hearst

Role
  
Jr.


Name
  
George Hearst,

Spouse(s)
  
Mary Thompson

Siblings
  
Phoebe Hearst Cooke

Residence
  
Los Angeles, California

Occupation
  
Chairman, Hearst Corporation

Net worth
  
US $ 1.5 billion (est.) (February 2010)

Relatives
  
William Randolph Hearst (grandfather), George Randolph Hearst (father), Phoebe Hearst Cooke (twin sister)

Died
  
June 25, 2012, Palo Alto, California, United States

Children
  
George Randolph Hearst III, Stephen Thompson Hearst, Erin Wilbur Hearst, Mary Astrid Hearst

Cousins
  
Patty Hearst, Anne Hearst, William Randolph Hearst III, William Randolph Hearst II, Virginia Hearst Randt

Similar People
  
George Randolph Hearst III, William Randolph Hearst III, Randolph Apperson Hearst, Millicent Hearst, William Randolph Hearst

George Randolph Hearst Jr. (July 13, 1927 – June 25, 2012) was chairman of the board of the Hearst Corporation from 1996 through to his death in 2012, succeeding his uncle Randolph Apperson Hearst. He was a director at 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. was one of the oldest grandchildren. However, there are five family seats among the 13 trustees, and George represented his branch of the family.

Children

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

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

References

George Randolph Hearst Jr. Wikipedia