He spent years as an employee of the Hearst Corporation, eventually as editor and publisher of the San Francisco Examiner.

In some television commercials, Hearst III was shown having a conversation with his grandfather's portrait.

The following year he succeeded his father as a trustee of the trust that controls the company and chooses the directors.

[2] In 1995, he was named partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins.

[3] He sits on several boards of directors of companies in which the firm has investments, including Hearst Television.