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Aug 3, 2007 · Another $4 million in cash went to her husband, Garner Anthony, and $3 million was given to her son. Various other amounts from $25,000 to $1 million went to friends and relatives.
May 30, 2007 · Anthony’s third husband, Garner Anthony, was chairman from 1974 until 1988. Her son, James C. Kennedy, is the current chairman and chief executive. In March, Forbes magazine estimated Ms ...
Under Kennedy the Atlanta-based giant has grown at a steady pace in the past decade: Revenue is up nearly 50% since 2005; profits are roughly $1.4 billion, up twofold over the same period. Nearly ...
- Early Growth of A Family Empire
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James Middleton Cox began the company that would become Cox Enterprises in 1898, when he purchased the Dayton Evening News in Dayton, Ohio, for $26,000. As publisher, Cox developed a reputation for aggressive, reform journalism, and he characterized the Evening News as “the people’s paper.” Two years later the Evening Newswas among the top 100 news...
After Cox’s death in 1957, Jim Cox inherited control of most of his father’s $10 million estate and succeeded him as head of Cox Enterprises on July 31, 1957. Under his leadership Cox Industries became one of the first companies to enter cable television. The first cable system acquired by the company was in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, in 1962, follow...
The company began diversifying its operations in the late 1960s, entering business publishing, motion-picture production (through the 1967 purchase of Bing Crosby Productions, which was dissolved in 1979), and automobile auction services (with its purchase in 1968 of Manheim Auctions, the nation’s largest car auction). The company acquired TeleRep,...
Apr 14, 2006 · In the settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday, former CEO Garner Anthony is paying a $50,900 civil fine and returning an additional $50,900 plus interest in ...
Apr 28, 2022 · Garner Anthony, Jr. Birthdate: estimated between 1892 and 1952 : Death: Immediate Family: Husband of Barbara Cox Anthony. Managed by: Private User
Feb 17, 1987 · Garner Anthony, chairman and chief executive of Cox Enterprises, a privately held media company based in Atlanta, has announced that he will retire at the end of the year. Cox Enterprises made no ...
