Swartz began his career in 1984 as a reporter with The Wall Street Journal after graduating from Harvard. Under his leadership, SmartMoney magazine won two National Magazine Awards and was Advertising Age’s Magazine of the Year. From 1995 to 2000, Swartz was president and chief executive of SmartMoney, a magazine venture launched by Hearst and The Wall Street Journal in 1991 with Swartz as founding editor. He was president of Hearst Newspapers from 2009 to 2011 and executive vice president from 2001 to 2008. Swartz, 61, is a member of the Hearst board of directors, a trustee of the Hearst Family Trust and a director of the Hearst Foundations. Hearst’s major interests include global financial services leader Fitch Group Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN 35 television stations 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers digital services businesses and more than 200 magazines around the world.
Swartz became president and chief executive officer of Hearst, one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies, on June 1, 2013, having worked for the company for more than 20 years and served as its chief operating officer since 2011.
