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Robert Allbritton
American chief executive, publisher and editor
Robert Allbritton (born February 16, 1969[1]) is the owner and founder of Capitol News Company, the parent company of Capitol Hill political newspaper and website Politico.[2]
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Allbritton also served as the chairman and CEO of Allbritton Communications, which owned several ABC-affiliated television stations in Washington, D.C.[3] Allbritton was previously the final CEO of Riggs National Corporation, the parent of Riggs Bank, from 2001 to 2005, when PNC Bank acquired the bank.[4] Allbritton has been described by The New Republic as having "reshaped the way we follow politics."[5] He is a trustee of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.[6]
In October 2011, Allbritton was included on The New Republic's list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.[7]
Allbritton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in 1992,[8] and has served as a member of its board of trustees.[9][10] With his wife Elena, Allbritton donated funds for the establishment of the school's Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life.[11]
Allbritton is the son of the late banker and businessman Joe Allbritton.