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Donald E. Graham

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

The Washington Post Company (WPO)

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Mr. Graham, age 62, has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since September 1993 and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 1991. Mr. Graham served as President of the Company between May 1991 and September 1993. He also was Publisher of The Washington Post for 21 years, a position he held between 1979 and 2000. Mr. Graham has been a Director of the Company since 1974 and is Chairman of the Executive Committee and a member of the Finance Committee of the Board. By virtue of his ownership of 48.7% of the outstanding Class A stock of the Company and his right to control the vote, as a trustee of certain family trusts, of an additional 23.5% of such stock, Mr. Graham effectively votes a total of 72.2% of the Class A shares. Mr. Graham is a Trustee of the Federal City Council and the Philip L. Graham Fund. He serves as Chairman and a Director of DC College Access Program and as a Director of The Summit Fund of Washington and the College Success Foundation.


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