Katharine Graham

Quick Facts

Full Name	Katharine Graham
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jun 16, 1917(1917-06-16)
Age	107
Date Of Death	2001-07-17
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Gemini

Katharine Graham Biography

Katharine Graham is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on June 16, 1917 in New York, United States. American publisher who was the editor of The Washington Post for more than 20 years. He also managed its coverage during The Watergate scandal. Watergate scandal.

She was a long-time personal close friend of businessman She was a longtime personal friend of entrepreneur Warren Buffett..

The couple was together for a while, and she was Philip Graham from 1940 to

1963. They had four children.

Katharine Graham Net Worth

Katharine Graham is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katharine Graham 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a student at Vassar College and later transferred to the University of Chicago. Her family purchased Post Post in 1933 and she started her work there in 1938.

The memoir of her, Personal History, was released in 1997, and she received the Pulitzer Prize for it.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Katharine Graham Dating?

According to our records, Katharine Graham married to Phil Graham. As of December 1, 2023, Katharine Graham’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Katharine Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Katharine Graham celebrates birthday on June 16 of every year.

Top Facts about Katharine Graham

1. Katharine Meyer Graham was born in 1917 in New York City.
2. She was the first 20th century female publisher of a major American newspaper and the first woman elected to the board of the Associated Press.
3. Graham’s memoir, Personal History, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998.
4. She held the title of President then de facto Publisher from September 1963 of The Washington Post.
5. Graham became the first female Fortune 500 CEO in 1972, as CEO of the Washington Post Company.
6. In her 1997 autobiography, Graham ccomments on her lack of confidence and distrust in her own knowledge.
7. In 1972, Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, threatened her with the now famous phrase: “Katie Graham’s gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that’s published.”
8. Graham presided over the Post at a crucial time in its history as it reported on the Watergate scandal.
9. In 1997, she received the Freedom medal.
10. In 1999, Graham received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
11. In 2000, Graham was named one of the International Press Institute’s 50 World Press Freedom Heroes of the past 50 years.
12. In 2002, Graham was presented, posthumously, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.
13. In 2017, Graham was portrayed by Meryl Streep in the Steven Spielberg film The Post.
14. In 2001, Graham died three days after falling and striking her head while visiting Sun Valley, Idaho, aged 84.
15. She is buried in historic Oak Hill Cemetery, across the street from her former home in Georgetown.

Does the Graham family still own The Post?

The longtime Post owners sold the newspaper to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos for $250 million in 2013, but the Graham family –under the umbrella of publicly traded Graham Holdings – still owns Slate and Foreign Policy magazines, plus test-prep business Kaplan , which accounts for $2.2 billion of the company’s $3.5 billion in …

What happened to Katherine Graham?

Graham, former chairman and chief executive officer of The Post Co. and former publisher of The Washington Post, died at 11:56 a.m. of head injuries suffered when she fell on a sidewalk Saturday in Sun Valley, Idaho , where she was attending an annual conference of media business leaders.

What is Katherine Graham famous for?

Katharine Graham, née Katharine Meyer, (born June 16, 1917, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 17, 2001, Boise, Idaho), American business executive who owned and published various news publicatons, most notably The Washington Post , which she transformed into one of the leading newspapers in the United States.

Who was the first female publisher of a major American newspaper and went

on to become the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company?

Katharine Graham was not a well-qualified one to take up the responsibility of The Post but she took under her and generated a revenue of $1Billion. Katharine Graham was one of the first women to be a publisher of an American newspaper and the first-ever woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

Does Jeff Bezos own Graham holdings?

It adopted Graham Holdings Company as the new name effective November 29,

2013. Amazon.com was not involved in the sale. Nash Holdings LLC, a company owned by Bezos , closed the purchase of the newspaper and affiliated publications on October 1, 2013.