Peter R. Kann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 (age 82–83) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Karen Elliott House |
Peter R. Kann (born 1942) is an American journalist, editor, and businessman.
Kann was born to aJewish family inPrinceton, New Jersey.[1] He graduated fromHarvard University with a bachelor's degree in journalism.[1]
In 1963, he joined the San Francisco bureau ofThe Wall Street Journal.[1] In 1964, he was promoted to staff reporter working in both the Pittsburgh and Los Angeles news bureaus.[1] In 1967, Kann became the Wall Street Journal's first resident reporter in Vietnam and from 1969 to 1975, he was based in Hong Kong covering the Vietnam War and other events in Asia.[1] In 1972, he earned aPulitzer Prize for his coverage of theIndo-Pakistan War in Bangladesh.[2] In 1976 he became the firsteditor and publisher ofThe Wall Street Journal Asia.[3] He returned to the United States in 1976. He was named publisher ofThe Wall Street Journal in 1988.[4] From 1992 until 2006 he was CEO andchairman of the board ofDow Jones & Company.
He is a Trustee of theInstitute for Advanced Study,[5]TrusteeEmeritus of theAsia Society,[6] andadjunct faculty at theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is a longtime member of theCouncil on Foreign Relations.[citation needed]
He is married toKaren Elliott House.[7]
A native of Princeton N.J., Mr. Kann graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in government. He began his newspaper career in high school as a copy boy for the Princeton Packet.
Peter R. Kann was named publisher of The Wall Street Journal and editorial director of other publications of its parent, Dow Jones & Company, in a shuffling of titles yesterday ... effective Jan. 1.
