Barbara Cox Anthony (born 1923) is the second and youngest daughter of James M. Cox, a Democratic Governor of Ohio, newspaper publisher and broadcaster. With her sister Anne Cox Chambers she inherited via a trust ownership and control of her father’s company, now called Cox Enterprises. She lives in Honolulu, Hawaii,in the United States.

Her net worth has been estimated at $12 billion, based principally on her equity interest in Cox Enterprises which makes her one of the richest women in the United States

She serves as a Director of Cox Enterprises, one of the largest diversified media companies in the United States. It owns one of the nation's largest cable television businesses, which provides internet and telephony, publishes newspapers including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Palm Beach Post, owns and operates broadcast television and radio stations and owns Manheim, an automobile auction firm. It also owns stakes in a variety of internet businesses, including autotrader.com, the largest wholesale automobile site in the world. Her eldest son James Kennedy is CEO of Cox Enterprises.

In 2004 Cox Enterprises announced a debt financed $7.9 billion privitization bid for the 38% of the cable television business Cox Communications that it does not already own. With approximately 6.3 million cable subscribers Cox also provides high-speed Internet service to more than 2 million homes and telephone service to 1.1 million homes.

Well known in Hawaii for her support of philanthropic causes, she helped found the Hawaii School for Girls and has served as its Chair since 1978. She has also made generous contributions to the Veterinary School of the Colorado State University, endowing two chairs in equine health.

See also

• List of billionaires

External links

• Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People