Donald Newhouse | |
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Born | Donald Edward Newhouse 1929 (age 94–95) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Syracuse University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Title | President, Advance Publications |
Spouse |
Susan Marley
(
m. 1955; died 2015) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) |
Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. Mitzi Epstein |
Relatives | Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. (brother) |
Donald Edward Newhouse (born 1929) is an American businessman. He owns Advance Publications, founded by his father, Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., in 1922, whose properties include Condé Nast (publisher of such magazines as Vogue, Tatler, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker), dozens of newspapers across the US (including The Star-Ledger, The Plain Dealer, and The Oregonian), cable company Bright House Networks and a controlling stake in Discovery Communications. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of $11 billion as of June 2024. [1] He resides in New York City. [2]
Newhouse's father, Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and began the family media business. [3] His mother, Mitzi Epstein, was an arts patron and philanthropist [4] who grew up in an upper middle class family on the Upper West Side, the daughter of a silk tie importer. [5] Donald Newhouse is Jewish, and was listed on the Jerusalem Post's list of the world's 50 richest Jews in 2010. [6]
In January 2020, Newhouse donated $75 million to Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. [7] [8] The communications school is named after his father, Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. [9]
It was announced in March 2021 that Newhouse and his wife Susan would launch a fund at the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) with a $20m donation, the largest donation in the charity's history. [10]
Newhouse married Susan Marley in 1955, just after she had graduated from Wellesley College. [11] [12]
The couple's primary residence was in New York City, but they often spent weekends on their farm in New Jersey. They remained married until her death in 2015 of primary progressive aphasia, the same rare disorder that afflicted his brother, Si Newhouse. [18]
Donald Newhouse | |
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Born | Donald Edward Newhouse 1929 (age 94–95) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Syracuse University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Title | President, Advance Publications |
Spouse |
Susan Marley
(
m. 1955; died 2015) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) |
Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. Mitzi Epstein |
Relatives | Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. (brother) |
Donald Edward Newhouse (born 1929) is an American businessman. He owns Advance Publications, founded by his father, Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., in 1922, whose properties include Condé Nast (publisher of such magazines as Vogue, Tatler, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker), dozens of newspapers across the US (including The Star-Ledger, The Plain Dealer, and The Oregonian), cable company Bright House Networks and a controlling stake in Discovery Communications. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of $11 billion as of June 2024. [1] He resides in New York City. [2]
Newhouse's father, Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and began the family media business. [3] His mother, Mitzi Epstein, was an arts patron and philanthropist [4] who grew up in an upper middle class family on the Upper West Side, the daughter of a silk tie importer. [5] Donald Newhouse is Jewish, and was listed on the Jerusalem Post's list of the world's 50 richest Jews in 2010. [6]
In January 2020, Newhouse donated $75 million to Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. [7] [8] The communications school is named after his father, Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. [9]
It was announced in March 2021 that Newhouse and his wife Susan would launch a fund at the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) with a $20m donation, the largest donation in the charity's history. [10]
Newhouse married Susan Marley in 1955, just after she had graduated from Wellesley College. [11] [12]
The couple's primary residence was in New York City, but they often spent weekends on their farm in New Jersey. They remained married until her death in 2015 of primary progressive aphasia, the same rare disorder that afflicted his brother, Si Newhouse. [18]