Conrad Black

Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, is a Canadian-British writer and former politician, newspaper publisher, and financier. Black's father was businessman George Montegu Black II, who had significant holdings in Canadian manufacturing, retail and media businesses through part-ownership of the holding company Ravelston Corporation. In 1978, two years after their father's death, Conrad and his older brother Montegu took majority control of Ravelston.