Career
He is the second child of George Randolph Hearst, Junior. and Mary Astrid Thompson and great-grandson of William Randolph Hearst. Hearst was previously the Director of Operations of the Times Union and then its Associate Publisher and General Manager. He sued the producer of the "reality-television" movie Hopelessly Rich, which aired on Video Hits One in 2003, over his portrayal in the made-for-television movie by a con man who impersonated Hearst to the producers.