About William Randolph Hearst

• William Randolph Hearst was born in 1863 in San Fransisco, California. 
• He was the owner of Hearst Communications, the largest newspaper and media company.
• He was famous for his use of Yellow Journalism at his company, which is loosely portrayed in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.
• He owned The San Fransisco Examiner in 1867 after his father, George Hearst, let him take over.
• He then owned The New York Journal and began practicing his Yellow Journalism.
• His power and wealth then grew exponentially after he started to dominate the paper industry with his corrupt yet effective methods. 
• His power and influence from the use of Yellow Journalism directly led the USA to war with Spain in 1898.
• He was also a democratic politician who was elected into the House of Representatives twice for his extreme persuasion and leadership skills.  
• Hearst then lost an abundance of money due to the Great Depression in the 1930s.
• Then, WWII began to pick things back up for Hearst and make him much more profitable again. 
• He then became very sick and later died from a heart attack and stroke in Beverly Hills, California in 1951.