Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones, Jr. is publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post.
Early life
Born in
Atlanta in
1946, Jones went to high school at
St. Albans School in
Washington, D.C. and later received an
A.B. in
1968 from
Harvard College, where he was president of the
Harvard Crimson. He attended
Oxford University as a
Rhodes Scholar and received a
Ph.D. in Modern History. He received his
J.D. in
1974 from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Early career
Prior to joining The Post, Jones was an attorney with Hill & Barlow in
Boston from
1975 to
1980, and was law clerk for the Honorable Levin H. Campbell, U.S. Court of Appeals for First Circuit, from
1974 to
1975.
The Post
Jones joined The Post in 1980 as vice president and counsel. In
1995, he became president and general manager of The Post, assuming responsibility for the business side of the newspaper. In
January 2000, he was named associate publisher, assuming responsibility of The Post on a day-to-day basis. In
September 2000 he assumed his present responsibilities.
He is a director of the Associated Press, the Newspaper Association of America, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, and the Federal City Council.
Emory
The admissions building at
Emory University is named after Boisfeuillet Jones Sr.
See also
Newspaper publishers of the 21st century (people) | Washington Post people | People from Georgia (U.S. state)