William R. Hearst (Vive l'Emperor)

Early Life
William was born in 1863 in San Fransisco, California, to multi millionaire George Hearst. In 1872 he began a decade of private education that would see him enroll at 14 schools, and being expelled from 12 of them (one closed). In 1882 he spent a year at Harvard, before he walked out of the school in protest against the scrapping of a promised 3rd library.

Career
Hearst subsequently returned to California, where after much pleading with his father, set up the San Fransisco Weekly Journal. The Journal was very popular and brought him a strong income. By 1885 Hearst had several similar projects appearing in all the major cities in the so called "New West".

In 1891 his father died, and Hearst received 1/2 of all his fathers estate (approximatly $10 million_