RICHARD SCAIFE
Name: Richard Mellon Scaife
Born: 3 July 1932
Richard Mellon Scaife (born July 3, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an
American billionaire and newspaper publisher.
Scaife owns and publishes the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. With $1.2 billion,
Scaife, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, is No.
283 on the 2005 Forbes 400.
Scaife is particularly well known for his financial support of conservative
public policy organizations over the past two decades. Scaife has provided
support for conservative and libertarian causes in the U.S., mostly through the
private, nonprofit foundations he controls: 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. Scaife
also helped fund the Arkansas Project, which ultimately led to the impeachment
of President Bill Clinton.
Name: Richard Mellon Scaife
Born: 3 July 1932
Richard Mellon Scaife (born July 3, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an
American billionaire and newspaper publisher.
Scaife owns and publishes the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. With $1.2 billion,
Scaife, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, is No.
283 on the 2005 Forbes 400.
Scaife is particularly well known for his financial support of conservative
public policy organizations over the past two decades. Scaife has provided
support for conservative and libertarian causes in the U.S., mostly through the
private, nonprofit foundations he controls: 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. Scaife
also helped fund the Arkansas Project, which ultimately led to the impeachment
of President Bill Clinton.