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My Take
Eugene Meyer fascinates me because he steered the Federal Reserve through the very worst of the Great Depression, then bought a struggling Washington Post and turned it into an institution his family would protect for the rest of the century. That combination, hard-nosed finance and a long bet on a free press, is rarer than it sounds. Plenty of rich men buy newspapers to silence them; Meyer seems to have bought one to strengthen it. Banker, economist, art collector, entrepreneur, he wore many hats, but what stays with me is a man who understood that markets and journalism both ultimately serve ordinary people.
Overview
Eugene Isaac Meyer (October 31, 1875 – July 17, 1959) was an American banker, businessman, financier, and newspaper publisher. He was the fifth chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1930 to 1933. Meyer purchased The Washington Post in 1933, and was its publisher from 1933 to 1946, with the paper staying in his family throughout the rest of the 20th century.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Eugene Meyer
- Name (Japanese)
- ユージン・メイヤー
- Reading
- ゆーじん・めいやー
- Born
- October 31, 1875 – July 17, 1959
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- banker / economist / media proprietor / art collector / entrepreneur
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lowell High School
- University
- Yale University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.