- Barbara Cox Anthony
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name = Barbara Cox Anthony
birth_date = 1922
birth_place =United States
death_date = Death date|2007|5|28 (aged 85)
death_place =Honolulu, Hawaii ,United States
occupation = formerChairman ,Cox Enterprises
salary =
networth = profit $14,6 billionUSD The World's Richest People
website =Barbara Cox Anthony (1922 –
May 28 2007 ) was the youngest daughter ofJames M. Cox , a Democraticgovernor of Ohio , newspaper publisher and broadcaster. With her sisterAnne Cox Chambers and brother James M. Cox, Jr., she inherited, via a trust, ownership and control of her father’s company, now calledCox Enterprises . Upon her brother's death in 1974, the sisters received his share of the company equally.Her net worth was estimated at $12 billion, based principally on her equity interest in Cox Enterprises which made her one of the richest women in the United States and the richest resident of
Hawaii . [ [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_The-400-Richest-Americans-Hawaii_7Rank.html 400 Richest Americans - Hawaii] ]She served as a Director of Cox Enterprises, one of the largest diversified media companies in the United States. It owns one of the nation's largest
cable television businesses, which providesinternet andtelephone , publishesnewspapers including the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution " and "The Palm Beach Post ", owns and operates broadcasttelevision andradio station s and owns Manheim, an automobile auction firm. It also owns stakes in a variety of internet businesses, includingAutoTrader.com , the largest retail automotive shopping site in the world. Her eldest son James Kennedy is CEO of Cox Enterprises.In 2004 Cox Enterprises announced a debt financed $7.9 billion privatization bid for the 38% of the cable television business Cox Communications that it does not already own. With approximately 6.3 million cable subscribers Cox also provides high-speed Internet service to more than 2 million homes and telephone service to 1.1 million homes.
Well known in
Hawaii for her support of philanthropic causes, she helped found and served as its Chair from 1978 until her death in Honolulu in 2007, aged 84, following an extended illness. She also made generous contributions to the Veterinary School of theColorado State University , endowing two chairs in equine health.ee also
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*James C. Kennedy - her son
*James Worth Thornton - second cousinReferences
Links
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/business/media/30anthony.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss NY Times obit]
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