Washington Post finance chief to retire
John Morse Jr., The Washington Post Co.’s chief financial officer, will retire at the end of the year.
Morse, 61, has been the Post’s top finance officer since 1989. A successor will be named soon, the company said in a statement.
"Nineteen years is an extraordinary tenure for a CFO, but in Jay’s case I wish it were longer," said Donald Graham, the company’s chief executive officer, in a statement. "I’ve often said that Jay was old-fashioned in his regard for standards before it became fashionable to be so."
During Morse’s tenure at the Post (NYSE: WPO), revenue triple to $4.2 billion in 2007 http://fcrwizard.com.
Before joining the company, Morse was a partner at Price Waterhouse. He is currently on the boards of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. and the Northern Virginia Technology Council. He is also president of the College Foundation at the University of Virginia.