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Peter R. Kann

AKA Peter Robert Kann

Born: c. 1942
Birthplace: Princeton, NJ

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Dow Jones, 1991-2006

Father: Robert Kann (Austrian historian, former professor at Rutgers University)
Wife: Francie (d. 1983 liver disease, one daughter)
Daughter: Hillary
Wife: Karen Elliott House (publisher of the Wall Street Journal, m. 1984)

    University: BA Government, Harvard University (1964)
    Administrator: Trustee, Institute for Advanced Study
    Administrator: Trustee, Spelman College

    Dow Jones CEO (1991-2006)
    The Wall Street Journal Publisher (1989-2002)
    The Wall Street Journal President (1989-91)
    The Wall Street Journal COO (1989-90)
    The Wall Street Journal EVP (1985-89)
    The Wall Street Journal Associate Publisher (1979-88)
    The Wall Street Journal Founding Publisher & Editor, The Asian Wall Street Journal (1976-79)
    The Wall Street Journal Vietnam Correspondent (1967-72?)
    The Wall Street Journal Reporter, Los Angeles Bureau (1965-67)
    The Wall Street Journal Reporter, Pittsburgh Bureau (1964)
    The Wall Street Journal summer internship (1963)
    Member of the Board of Dow Jones (1987-2006, as Chairman, 1991-2006)
    Asia Society Trustee
    Aspen Institute Trustee
    John McCain 2008
    Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting 1972


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