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Whitney, John Hay

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Whitney, John Hay (1904–1982)

US financier and publisher. A senior partner in J H Whitney & Co., investment bankers, he was publisher of The New York Herald Tribune from 1957–66 and served as US ambassador to Great Britain from 1956–61.

Whitney was born in Ellsworth, Maine. He was educated at Yale University, graduating in 1926. He enjoyed a varied career in motion pictures, publishing, and finance. He was chairman of Selznick International Pictures from 1936–40, during which time the company produced one of the most popular movies in film history, Gone with the Wind.



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