Charles Thieriot

Thieriot served as president at Western Communications, the cable and motion picture division of the Chronicle Publishing Company, which owned the city’s biggest daily newspaper until it was sold in 2000 to Hearst Corp. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded by his great-grandfather in 1865. Thieriot died in 2021 of Covid-19 complications at age 73. After receiving a BA from Stanford University in 1970, and a MBA from UC Berkeley in 1972, Kip began his professional career with the Chronicle Publishing Company in San Francisco. He served as the Treasurer, Vice President, and then President of Western Communications. He served as a Director (1989-1993) of the Chronicle Publishing Company. Kip also served on the Board of Directors of the Parrott Investment Company, a Ranch and Farming Company in Northern California, for 20 years. In 1999, Kip founded Maui Blue, LLC., a vacation rental business, for which he acquired and managed a collection of high-end beachfront homes on Maui. He split his time between San Francisco, Woodside, and Maui. In addition to being a loving father to his son, Charles Rhys Tobin Thieriot, and father-in-law to Jessica Jane Thieriot, he was a proud godfather to six.