Richard Mellon Scaife
Newspaper publisher, Deceased Person
1932 – 2014
Who was Richard Mellon Scaife?
Richard Mellon Scaife was an American billionaire, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, and the owner and publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. In 2005, Scaife was number 238 on the Forbes 400, with a personal fortune of $1.2 billion. By 2013, Scaife had dropped to number 371 on the listing, with a personal fortune of $1.4 billion.
Scaife was also known for his financial support of conservative public policy organizations over the past four decades. He provided support for conservative and libertarian causes in the United States, mostly through the private, nonprofit foundations he controlled: the Sarah Scaife Foundation, Carthage Foundation, and Allegheny Foundation, and until 2001, the Scaife Family Foundation, now controlled by his daughter Jennie and son David.
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- Born
- Jul 3, 1932
Pittsburgh - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pittsburgh
- Deerfield Academy
- Died
- Jul 4, 2014
Pittsburgh
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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