Steven Swartz to Succeed Frank Bennack as Hearst CEO

A changing of the guard is about to take place at Hearst Corporation. Steven Swartz, currently the company’s president and COO, is going to succeed Frank Bennack as CEO. Swartz will become only the company’s seventh CEO when he takes on the role June 1.

Bennack — who has been with Hearst for 50 years, and CEO for 28 of those — will stay on as executive vice chairman of the company’s board and chairman of its Executive Committee.

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