Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.
Sulzberger in 2016
Born	(1951-09-22)September 22, 1951 (age 74) Mount Kisco, New York, U.S.
Education	Tufts University (BA)
Occupations	Chairman,The New York Times Company
Spouses	Gail Gregg ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 2008)​ Gabrielle Greene ​ ​ (m. 2014; sep. 2020)​
Children	A. G. Sulzberger Annie Sulzberger
Parent(s)	Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Barbara Winslow Grant
Relatives	Arthur Hays Sulzberger (grandfather) Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger (grandmother)

Arthur OchsSulzberger Jr. (born September 22, 1951) is an American journalist. Sulzberger was the chairman ofThe New York Times Company from 1997 to 2020, and the publisher ofThe New York Times from 1992 to 2018, when he appointed his sonA. G. Sulzberger to lead the company.

Sulzberger was born inMount Kisco, New York, one of two children of Barbara Winslow (née Grant) andArthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger Sr.^[1] His sister is Karen Alden Sulzberger, who is married to authorEric Lax.^[2] He is a grandson ofArthur Hays Sulzberger and great-grandson ofAdolph Ochs. His mother was a descendant of Mayflower crew memberJohn Alden andPlymouth Colony governorEdward Winslow.^[1]

Sulzberger's mother was of mostlyEnglish andScottish origin and his father was of German Jewish origin (bothAshkenazic andSephardic).^[3] Sulzberger's parents divorced when he was five years old. He was raised in his mother'sEpiscopal faith; however, he no longer observes any religion.^[4] Sulzberger graduated from theBrowning School in New York City.^[5] In 1974, he received aBachelor of Arts degree inpolitical science fromTufts University.

Sulzberger was areporter with theRaleigh Times in North Carolina from 1974 to 1976, and a London Correspondent for theAssociated Press in the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1978.

Sulzberger joinedThe New York Times in 1978 as a correspondent in theWashington, D.C. bureau. He moved to New York as a metro reporter in 1981, and was appointed assistant metro editor later that year. Sulzberger is a 1985 graduate of the Harvard Business School's program for management development.

From 1983 to 1987, Sulzberger worked in a variety of business departments, including production and corporate planning. In January 1987, Sulzberger was named assistant publisher. A year later, Sulzberger was named deputy publisher, overseeing the news and business departments. In these capacities, Sulzberger was involved in planning theTimes's automated color printing and distribution facilities inEdison, New Jersey, and atCollege Point, Queens, New York, as well as the creation of the six-section color newspaper.

Sulzberger became thepublisher ofThe New York Times in 1992, andchairman ofThe New York Times Company in 1997, succeeding his father,Arthur Ochs Sulzberger.^[6] On December 14, 2017, he announced he would be ceding the post of publisher to his son,A. G. Sulzberger, effective January 1, 2018.^[7]

Sulzberger remained chairman of theTimes board until December 31, 2020, when he passed that position to his son as well.^[8]

• 1996 - Tufts UniversityLight on the Hill Award, Massachusetts^[9]
• 2006 -SUNY New Paltz, New York awarded anhonorarydoctorate of humane letters to Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman and publisher ofThe New York Times.^[10][11]
• 2012 -National Book Award Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community^[12]
• 2017 -CUNY School of Journalism Journalistic Achievement Award at the 10th Annual Awards for Excellence in Journalism, New York^[13]

Sulzberger played a central role in the development of theTimes Square Business Improvement District, officially launched in January 1992, serving as the first chairman of that civic organization.

Sulzberger helped to found and was a two-term chairman of the New York CityOutward Bound organization,^[14] and currently serves on the board of theMohonk Preserve.^[15]

Sulzberger was opposed to theVietnam War and was arrested at protest rallies in the 1970s.^[16]

Sulzberger marriedGail Gregg in 1975, and the couple divorced in 2008.^[17][18] The couple has two children: a son,Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, and a daughter, Annie Sulzberger.^[19][20]

Sulzberger married Gabrielle Greene in 2014, and the couple filed for divorce in 2020.^[21]

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