Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr. (born
November 8,
1927), nicknamed
Si Newhouse, is the chairman and CEO of
Advance Publications, which, among other interests, owns
Condé Nast Publications, publisher of many marquee brands in the world of magazines such as
Vogue, Vanity Fair,
The New Yorker, and
Portfolio. He is the son of
Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr., founder of Advance Publications. His grandson,
S.I. Newhouse IV, appeared in the documentary
Born Rich.
Newhouse attended the
Horace Mann School in
New York City. He is a
billionaire with an estimated
net worth of $7.5 billion, and he was ranked the 26th Richest American by
Forbes Magazine in 2007.
Newhouse is known for
philanthropy, and gave $15 million to
Syracuse University, as well for being a notable art collector.