Henry Luce

1898- 1987

Media Mogul

Henry Luce was born in China to American parents. In 1923, he founded Time magazine, with his Yale classmate Briton Hadden.

He went on to start the business magazine Fortune in 1930, LIFE magazine in 1936 and Sports Illustrated in 1954.

Luce tried to insure that the magazines that he controlled reflected his conservative political views.