Washington Post Co. / WPO
The Post's Mitsubishi color presses at the plant in Springfield, Va. (Photo: Mark Finkenstaedt / The Washington Post)
About Washington Post Co.
1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071
www.washpostco.com
| 202-334-6000
| Founded: 1877
Industry: Media/Data | Category: Public Companies
The Washington Post Co. is an education and media company that owns Kaplan, which specializes in higher and professional education courses in addition to test preparation; Cable One cable company; six television stations; and several print and online publications, including the flagship newspaper, Newsweek, Slate, washingtonpost.com, Express and El Tiempo Latino. The proportion of the company's revenue coming from Kaplan is 50 percent and rising, as the newspaper division continues to struggle.
Chairman and CEO: Donald E. Graham
2007 Financial Data
Revenues: $4,180,406,000 | Net Income: $288,607,000Asssets: $6,004,509,000 | Earnings Per Share: $30.19
Stockholder Equity: $3,461,159,000 | Annual Dividend: $8.20
Total employees: 19,000 | Local employees: 3,600
Company Leadership
| Lee C. Bollinger | Director |
| Warren Buffett | Director |
| Christopher Cullom Davis | Director |
| Barry Diller | Director |
| John L. Dotson | Director |
| Melinda French Gates | Director |
| Thomas Sinnickson Gayner | Director |
| Donald E. Graham | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
| Anne M. Mulcahy | Director |
| Ronald L. Olson | Director |
Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..
Did You Know
NEXT GENERATION: The Post's new publisher, Katharine Weymouth, is a granddaughter of the late Katharine Graham and the niece of Tina Weymouth, bass guitarist for the Talking Heads.
