Essay About Famous People George Hearst

Speaking about famous people George Hearst.

George Hearst, an American businessman and politician, had become a multi-millionaire after finding gold in California. He invested in a lot of different companies and projects which further increased his wealth. But not all of his projects were successful. He acquired a newspaper called the San Francisco Examiner, which, at the time, was unsuccessful and losing money, as payment for a gambling debt. In 1887, his only son, William, begged his father to allow him to take control of the newspaper. George wasn't keen on this idea at first, but William was delighted to have the opportunity to run a newspaper. He had first become interested in journalism when he was a student at Harvard University. Now his dream had come true.

Forty years later, William Randolph Hearst was the richest and most famous newspaper man in the United States. In fact, it is said that by the mid-1920s one in every four Americans read one of his newspapers every day.