Les Hinton

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Les Hinton is an British-born American businessman. He was appointed CEO of Dow Jones & Company in December 2007, after its acquisition by News Corporation. Hinton became a United States citizen in 1986.^[1]

He has worked for News Corp for more than 48 years as a journalist and executive in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In 1976, he moved from London to New York as a foreign correspondent for the group’s newspapers in Britain and Australia. After several executive positions, he was appointed President of Murdoch Magazines in 1990, two years later becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of News America Publishing, responsible for the company’s US publishing operations. In 1993, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Fox Television Stations, returning to London in 1995 as Executive Chairman of News Corp subsidiary News International Limited, Britain’s largest national newspaper publisher.