Katharine Rayner
1944 or 1945 (age 78–79)
Heiress; 16.4% stake in Cox Enterprises
Jesse Kornbluth
William P. "Billy" Rayner (1929 - January 22, 2018)
Anne Cox Chambers
Louis G. Johnson
Margaretta Taylor (sister)
James Cox Chambers (half-brother)
Early life[edit]
She was born Katharine Ann Johnson to Anne Cox Chambers and Louis G. Johnson. Her maternal grandfather is James M. Cox. She has a sister Margaretta Taylor, and a half-brother James Cox Chambers, from her mother's second marriage.
Wealth and Philanthropy[edit]
In 2015, Rayner's mother Anne Cox Chambers distributed her 49% share in Cox Enterprises equally between her three children.[1] As of September 2020, her net worth is US$5.2 billion.[2]
In 2019, she donated over $5 million to the Animal Medical Center in New York City.[3]
Personal life[edit]
She has been married twice. She married Jesse Kornbluth, a magazine writer, on May 26, 1984.[4][5] They eventually divorced. Her second husband was painter and travel writer William P. "Billy" Rayner, who died on January 22, 2018, at the age of 88.[6]
Rayner lives in East Hampton, New York.[2]