Austin Beutner | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | BA in economics at Dartmouth College |
Occupation | Former CEO, Publisher Los Angeles Times |
Known for | First Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles Founder of Evercore Partners |
Austin Beutner (born 1960) is a co-founder of Evercore Partners and the former publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times[1] and the San Diego Union-Tribune.[2] He was also the First Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles in 2011 and ran for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2012.[3]
Career
Education and early career
Beutner attended Dartmouth College, where he majored in economics. After graduation in 1982 he went to work at Smith Barney as a financial analyst. At the age of 29, he became the youngest partner at The Blackstone Group, one of the largest private equity firms in the world. In the 1990s he co-founded the investment banking group Evercore Partners which went public in 2006.[4]
Politics
In January 2010, Beutner was appointed by Antonio Villaraigosa to be the First Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, focusing on making the city more business-friendly and streamlining permitting processes.[5] In 2013, with Villaraigosa's term ending, Beutner launched a campaign to run for Mayor of Los Angeles, but dropped from the race after a year having captured only 2% of likely voters.[2]
Media
In March 2013, a group led by Beutner and Eli Broad announced their intent to purchase the Los Angeles Times from its parent Tribune Publishing.[6] They were unsuccessful.
In 2014, Beutner took over as publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times when Eddy Hartenstein left to become the non-executive chairman of the board of Tribune Publishing.[7] When Tribune Publishing acquired the San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015, Beutner was named its CEO and Publisher, as well as CEO of the newly formed California News Group.[8]
He was fired as publisher and chief executive of the Los Angeles Times on September 8, 2015. He wrote on Facebook that the dismissal was not voluntary: "I am not departing by choice, nor is this some ‘mutual agreement’ on my part and Tribune Publishing".[9]
References
- ^ Kevin Roderick (August 11, 2014). "Austin Beutner goes from potential buyer to publisher of LA Times". LA Observed.
- ^ a b Andrea Chang (May 7, 2015). "L.A. Times parent to buy San Diego paper, expanding reach in Southern California". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-austin-beutner-los-angeles-times-publisher-20140811-story.html#page=1
- ^ Christopher Goffard (August 11, 2014). "Austin Beutner named publisher and CEO of Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/31361-development-reform-gets-stuck.html
- ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/billionaire-eli-broad-teams-financier-428784
- ^ http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/los-angeles-times-taps-austin-beutner-as-publisher-and-ceo-1201279971/
- ^ http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-newspaper-sale-20150507-story.html#page=1
- ^ Ravi Somaiya (September 8, 2015). "Austin Beutner Ousted as Los Angeles Times Publisher". New York Times.