Anne Hearst

Who is Anne Hearst?

Anne Randolph Hearst is an American socialite, philanthropist, and publishing heiress.

Hearst is one of the five daughters of Randolph Apperson Hearst, former president of The San Francisco Examiner, and his first wife, the former Catherine Wood Campbell. She is the granddaughter of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Patricia Hearst, who was kidnapped in 1974 by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, is one of her sisters.

Educated at the Crystal Springs Uplands School and Regis College in Denver, Colorado.

Hearst is a contributing editor of Town & Country magazine.

Charitable positions include: director of the Princess Grace Foundation, membership on the Board of Directors of the Hearst Castle Preservation Foundation and of Riverkeeper and founding member of the Steering Committee for the Rita Hayworth Gala.

Hearst has been married three times:

Her first husband was Richard McChesney. The couple separated soon after their marriage, and during that separation, Anne Hearst gave birth to their only child, Amanda Hearst.

Her second husband was King Harris. They had a son, King Randolph Harris, and divorced.