Gary B. Pruitt (born c. 1957) is an American attorney and businessman, who was as the President and CEO of the Associated Press.

He was the CEO, president, and chairman of the board of McClatchy, an American publishing company that operates 29 daily newspapers in fourteen states.

[1] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida, Masters of Public Policy from University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law.

[5] During his leadership Pruitt led the ill-fated acquisition of Knight Ridder group leading to debt and layoffs at McClatchy Papers.

He is on the Advisory Board of the USC Annenberg School Center on Communication Leadership & Policy.