Blair Parry Oakden net worth
Blair Parry Oakden Net Worth: Blair Parry Oakden is an Australian businesswoman who has a net worth of $9.4 billion. Blair Parry-Okeden was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1952. She is known to be the granddaughter of James M. Cox, founder of Cox Enterprises. The company was founded in Dayton, Ohio by Parry-Okeden’s grandfather, who purchased the Dayton Daily News in 1898.
Cox went on to become the Democratic candidate for president of the United States in the 1920 presidential election, but unsuccessfully ran for Franklin D. Roosevelt’s vote as vice presidential candidate. After her mother died in 2007, Blair Parry-Okeden inherited a 25% stake in the company. Her brother, Jim Kennedy, currently chairs the company’s $15 billion board. Cox Communications and its subsidiaries are 98% owned by Cox heirs, including Blair, her brothers Jim and Ann Cox Chambers. The business is actually made up of Cox Media Group (TV and radio stations, newspapers), AutoTrader.com, Manheim (auto auctions) and Cox Communications (cable TV). She is notoriously inactive in the family business. She has two children with her ex-husband. She has an almost anonymous profile in Australia. She is an Australian rancher.
