# A.G. Sulzberger

Publisher and Chairman, The New York Times Co.. TIME100 AI 2026, Leaders. The New York Times publisher once wrote about the last place still developing Kodachrome film, and the story became a 2017 movie. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Sulzberger))

- Born: 1980-08-05, Washington, D.C., United States ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Sulzberger), [reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-york-times-publisher-g-sulzberger-our-industry-needs-think-bigger))
- Education: BA, Political science, Brown University, 2003 ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Sulzberger), [brownalumnimagazine.com](https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2019-07-08/public-enemy-no-1))
- Career: The New York Times (Publisher and Chairman, 2009 to now); The Oregonian (Reporter, 2006–2009) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Sulzberger), [msutoday.msu.edu](https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2026/09/presidential-speaker-series-ag-sulzberger))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/a-g-sulzberger/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/a-g-sulzberger

- After graduating from Brown he went to the Galapagos Islands to help monitor the lobster catch and improve his Spanish. ([brownalumnimagazine.com](https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2019-07-08/public-enemy-no-1))
- Spent three years as a reporter at The Oregonian, writing more than 300 stories including exposés of a county sheriff's misconduct. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Sulzberger))
- His 2010 Times story about the last place on earth still developing Kodachrome film became the basis for the 2017 movie Kodachrome. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Sulzberger))
- Was lead author of the Times' 97-page 2014 Innovation Report on going digital, which leaked to BuzzFeed News. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Sulzberger))
- Is the sixth member of his family to run the Times since his ancestor Adolph Ochs bought the paper in 1896. ([reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-york-times-publisher-g-sulzberger-our-industry-needs-think-bigger))
- Says spending upwards of $20 million on one legal fight, the Times' AI copyright suit against OpenAI and Microsoft, is the cost of defending journalism. ([wired.com](https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-a-g-sulzberger-new-york-times/))