George Hearst Net Worth

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George Hearst was a highly successful businessman and politician who had a net worth of $1.9 billion. He was born in 1820 and was best known as the father of William Randolph Hearst, the publishing magnate and United States Representative. Hearst was a partner in the Hearst, Haggin, Tevis and Co. mining business and served a four-year term as a United States Senator from California.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day	September 3, 1820
Birth Place	Missouri
Age	199 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign	Virgo

💰 Net worth: $1.9 Billion (2024)

About

Remembered best as the father of publishing magnate and United States Representative William Randolph Hearst, George Hearst was a businessman and politician in his own right. He was a partner in the highly successful Hearst, Haggin, Tevis and Co. mining business, and he also served a four-year term as a United States Senator from California.

Before Fame

Born into poverty, he had very little formal education. He set out for California in 1850 in search of gold.

Trivia

In 1882, he ran an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in California.

Family Life

He grew up in rural Missouri as the son of William Hearst and Elizabeth Collins Hearst. He and his wife, suffragist Phoebe Apperson Hearst, welcomed their first and only child, William Randolph Hearst, in April of 1863.

Associated With

In 1974, his great-granddaughter Patty Hearst became infamous as a kidnap-victim-turned bank robber.

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