Richard Mellon Scaife, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Mellon Scaife

American businessman

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1932

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 04-Jul-2014

Profession: businessperson, politician, publisher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Richard Mellon Scaife (; July 3, 1932 – July 4, 2014) 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. During his life, Scaife was 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.