Barbara Cox Anthony, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Barbara Cox Anthony

Businesswoman

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1922

Place of Birth: United States of America, United States

Date of Death: 28-May-2007

Profession: businessperson, publisher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Barbara Cox Anthony

  • Barbara Blair Cox Anthony (December 8, 1922 – May 28, 2007) was the youngest daughter of James M.
  • Cox, a Democratic governor of Ohio, newspaper publisher and broadcaster.
  • With her sister Anne Cox Chambers and brother James M.
  • Cox, Jr., she inherited, via a trust, ownership and control of her father's company, now called Cox Enterprises.
  • Upon her brother's death in 1974, the sisters received his share of the company equally. Her net worth was estimated at $12 billion, based principally on her equity interest in Cox Enterprises which made her one of the richest women in the United States and the richest resident of Hawaii.She served as a Director of Cox Enterprises, one of the largest diversified media companies in the United States.
  • It owns one of the nation's largest cable television businesses, which provides internet and telephone, publishes newspapers including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Palm Beach Post, owns and operates broadcast television and radio stations and owns Manheim, an automobile auction firm.
  • It also owns stakes in a variety of internet businesses, including AutoTrader.com, the largest retail automotive shopping site in the world.
  • Her son James Kennedy is chairman of Cox Enterprises. In 2004 Cox Enterprises announced a debt financed $7.9 billion privatization bid for the 38% of the cable television business Cox Communications that it does not already own.
  • With approximately 6.3 million cable subscribers Cox also provides high-speed Internet service to more than 2 million homes and telephone service to 1.1 million homes. Well known in Hawaii for her support of philanthropic causes, Anthony helped found La Pietra: Hawaii School for Girls and served as its chair from 1978 until her death in Honolulu in 2007, aged 84, following an extended illness.
  • She also made contributions to the Veterinary School of Colorado State University, endowing two chairs in equine health.

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