Conrad Black

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Conrad Moffat Black (born 25 August, 1944 in Montreal, Canada) is a former newspaper magnate that runs over 400 newspaper titles in North America through his Ravelston Corporation and Hollinger Inc., most of which were sold to Israel Asper's CanWest Global Communications Corp. in the late 1990s, include conservative-leaning newspapers such as the National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald, and Vancouver Sun. Conrad Black holds a bachelor of arts in history from Carleton University, a law degree from Laval University, and a master's degree in history from McGill University.

Black renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 in order to become a life peer in the British House of Lords. Conrad Black is currently on trial in Chicago, Illinois facing charges of fraud, tax evasion, racketeering, money laundering and obstruction of justice.

Books

A Life in Progress (1993)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Champion of Freedom (2003)
The Invincible Quest: the Life of Richard Milhous Nixon (2003)

References

Conrad Black: Timeline, CBC.

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