Newhouse Jr. (November 8, 1927 – October 1, 2017) was an American heir to a substantial magazine and media business.
Together with his brother Donald, he owned Advance Publications, founded by their late father in 1922, whose properties include Condé Nast (publisher of such magazines as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker), dozens of newspapers across the United States (including The Star-Ledger, The Plain Dealer, and The Oregonian), former cable company Bright House Networks, and a controlling stake in Discovery Communications.
[1] He was the son of Mitzi (née Epstein) and Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., the founder of Advance Publications.
[4] He served two years in the U.S. Air Force before going to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to oversee two of his father's daily newspapers.
[5] Prior to his death, he had an estimated net worth of $9.5 billion, and he was ranked the 46th richest American by Forbes in 2014.