George Randolph Hearst Sr: Quiet and Powerful Mogul

George Randolph Hearst Jr. was a news media mogul in the 20th century.

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Hearst Sr. was a head of Hearst corporation and one of the powerful Americans at the time.

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George Randolph Hearst Sr. was born in 1904 in the family of William Hearst, a newspaper mogul.

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Hearst Sr. started working on Hearst corporation at an early age to become leader in future.

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Hearst Sr. was married seven times, notably to actress Collette Lyons from 1952 to 1958.

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His home Hearst castle was built in the 1920s at $10M cost. (Equal to $170M today).

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Hearst Sr was a savvy businessman, he diversified the business into magazines, newspapers, broadcasting.

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Hearst Sr. worked closely with other family members giving importance to collaboration.

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Hearst Sr. died in 1972 at the age of 67, at the time he was one of the richest Americans.

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In 2023 Hearst corporation had an annual revenue of $12B.

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