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Trustees of William Randolph Hearst's will (2003)

Under William Randolph Hearst's will, a common board of thirteen trustees--five family members and eight outsiders--administers the Hearst Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, and the trust that owns (and selects the 21-member board of) the Hearst Corporation. The foundations shared ownership until tax law changed to prevent this. The present trustees are:
  • George Randolph Hearst Jr. , chairman of Hearst Corporation and president of the Hearst Foundation

  • Victor F. Ganzi , president and chief executive officer of the Corporation

  • Frank A. Bennack Jr., vice chairman and longtime former president and chief executive of the Corporation

  • William Randolph Hearst III , president of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation

  • John Randolph Hearst Jr., an officer and director of the corporation

  • Virginia Hearst Randt, daughter of late former chairman Randolph Apperson Hearst

  • Anissa Bouadjakdji Balson, granddaughter of David Whitmire Hearst Sr.

  • Richard E. Deems, former head of Hearst Magazines, now a consultant

  • Gilbert C. Maurer, succeeded Deems as head of Hearst Magazines, then preceded Ganzi as executive vice president and chief operating officer under Bennack, now a consultant

  • Raymond J. Petersen, longtime executive vice president of Hearst Magazines, retains title but largely inactive

  • Mark F. Miller, executive vice president of Hearst Magazines (retiring late 2005)

  • John G. Conomikes, vice president of Corporation, oversees broadcast interests

  • Harvey L. Lipton, lawyer and former vice president and Secretary of the Corporation


The trust dissolves when all grandchildren of William Randolph Hearst alive at his death have died.


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A non-exhaustive list of its properties and investments includes:

Magazines

Newspapers

Television and Cable (investments)


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