Conversations with Bobby: From Foster Child to Corporate Executive

by Bob Danzig

Business leader Bob Danzig never forgot his childhood in foster care. The ups and downs of those young years set the stage for his 50-year career with The Hearst Corporation, 20 of which he spent as the CEO leading The Hearst Newspaper Group In Conversations with Bobby, Bob reconnects with the foster child he was so many years ago. He reopens the dialogue of his youth, and reflects on how both the good and the sad experiences of his childhood have shaped his career, have been the seeds from which success has grown, and have created his most fulfilling moments as an adult. Conversations with Bobby, is a tribute to the families and friends that reach out to young children every day -- whether those children are with their own families or living in foster care. Conversations with Bobby, reminds both children and adults that their roots are their sources of growth -- he emphasizes they all have it within them to find happiness and success, and overcome past hardships.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 4, 2007