Richard S. Newcombe

Richard S. Newcombe
Rick Newcombe, Creators Syndicate founder
Born	Richard Sumner Newcombe (1950-08-08) 8 August 1950 (age 67) Winnetka, Illinois, United States
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Education	Georgetown University, BA; studied at University of Chicago for MBA
Alma mater	Georgetown University
Occupation	Chairman and CEO of Creators Syndicate
Board member of	Creators Syndicate
Spouse(s)	Caroline Bermeo (1975-present)
Children	Sara, Jack
Website	Creators

Richard S. Newcombe (born August 8, 1950) is the founder and chairman of Creators Syndicate, which currently represents more than 200 writers and artists. Since the company's founding in 1987, the roster of talent has included Ann Landers, Hillary Clinton, Bill O'Reilly, Hunter S. Thompson, Herblock and the comic strips B.C., Wizard of Id, Archie and Mickey Mouse. Creators Syndicate is located in Hermosa Beach, California, and distributes its content to 2,400 newspapers, magazines, websites and other digital outlets around the world.

Richard S. Newcombe was born on August 8, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Leo Newcombe, served as senior vice president for the newspaper division of Field Enterprises and as general manager of the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times. Leo and Ann Newcombe had eight children, and they lived in Winnetka, Illinois. In 1969, Rick Newcombe was one of the first graduates of La Lumiere School, a high school with boarding and day students that was founded in 1963 in La Porte, Indiana. U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was also an early graduate of La Lumiere, which has had fewer than 2,000 graduates since its founding and has also become a national basketball powerhouse. Newcombe then attended Georgetown University, where he was one of the founding editors of The Georgetown Voice, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated magna cum laude.