The Richest People In America: Donald Newhouse

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#38 Donald Newhouse

$8.0 billion
Source: publishing

Son of Sam Newhouse, russian immigrant's son who turned Bayonne Times into Advance Publications, nation's largest privately owned newspaper chain. With brother Samuel took over after father's death 1979; expanded and diversified into cable television. Now own Bright House Cable (2.4 million subscribers). Combining stakes in Discovery Channel and Animal Planet into new publicly traded company later this year. Donald oversees battered newspaper division (New Orleans Times-Picayune, Portland Oregonian, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Newark Star-Ledger). Duo owns stunning art collection, which includes Rubens, Johannes Lingelbach.

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