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George Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 23, 1904 – January 26, 1972) was an American heir and media executive. He was the son of media magnate William Randolph Hearst, and the vice president of the Hearst Corporation.
George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, politician, and patriarch of the Hearst business dynasty. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations, and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
George Hearst was a self-made millionaire with a knack for mining that would lead to success across the American West. Born near Sullivan, Missouri, on September 3, 1820, to William and Elizabeth Collins Hearst, George was the oldest of three children.
May 6, 2019 · While one is a semi-fictitious villain whose malevolence dominates the HBO award-winning series Deadwood, the other—the real George Hearst—was an internationally recognized philanthropist and a man of proven integrity. George Hearst was broke when he struck gold for the first time in California in 1857.
George Randolph Hearst Jr. (July 13, 1927 – June 25, 2012) [1] was an American businessman and member of the wealthy Hearst family. He served as the chairman of the board of the Hearst Corporation from 1996 through to his death in 2012, succeeding his uncle Randolph Apperson Hearst.
Jun 27, 2012 · Obituaries. George Randolph Hearst Jr. dies at 84; L.A. Herald-Examiner publisher. By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times. June 27, 2012 12 AM PT. The demise of the Hearst newspaper empire...
Jun 27, 2012 · George R. Hearst Jr., chairman of the Hearst Corporation and the oldest grandson of the media titan William Randolph Hearst, died on Monday in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 84. The cause was...
Jun 25, 2012 · After serving as vice president of Hearst Corporation and managing its extensive real estate holdings, he succeeded his uncle, Randolph A. Hearst, as chairman of the board in 1996 and served in that capacity until his death.
George Hearst, a prospector with no formal education, became a multi-millionaire as a shrewd investor in mines of the Comstock Lode. He went on to become a United States Senator and to found the building blocks for the Hearst Publishing empire.
Jun 26, 2012 · Hearst Corp. board chairman George Randolph Hearst Jr., the oldest grandson of the media titan William Randolph Hearst, died Monday in Palo Alto, Calif., due to complications from a stroke....
