Justin Dearborn
{{short description|American businessman|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Justin Dearborn
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}
| education = Illinois State University (BS)
DePaul University (JD)
| occupation = Businessman, publisher
}}
Justin Dearborn (born c. 1971) is an American businessman. He formerly served as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Tribune Publishing Company, a newspaper publishing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
Early life
Dearborn was born circa 1971.{{cite web |title=Company Overview of tronc, Inc.: Justin C. Dearborn |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=9673747&privcapId=171136214 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629021912/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=9673747&privcapId=171136214 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |website=Bloomberg |accessdate=June 28, 2018}} He graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor's degree and he received a J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Career
Dearborn began his career at Motorola, and later worked for Click Commerce. He was the managing director and general counsel of Merrick Ventures, a private equity firm. He served as the chief executive officer of Merge Healthcare from August 2013 to October 2015, when it merged with IBM for $1 billion.{{cite news |title=Publisher Tronc names CEO Dearborn chairman as Ferro retires |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2018/03/19/publisher-tronc-names-ceo-dearborn-chairman-as-ferro-retires/ |accessdate=June 28, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Daily News |date=March 19, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Biography: Justin Dearborn |url=http://investor.tronc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=254385&p=irol-govBio&ID=252003 |website=Tronc |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}
Dearborn was appointed as the chief executive officer of Tribune Publishing in February 2016 and as its chairman in March 2018, replacing Michael Ferro.{{cite news |last1=Alpert |first1=Lukas I. |title=Tribune Publishing Appoints Justin Dearborn New CEO |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/tribune-publishing-appoints-justin-dearborn-as-new-ceo-1456229266 |accessdate=June 28, 2018 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 23, 2016}} He stepped down from both roles in January 2019.{{cite news |title=Management shake-up at Tribune Publishing, former Sun-Times exec becomes CEO |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/tribune-publishing-ceo-tim-knight-justin-dearborn-michael-ferro/ |accessdate=February 8, 2019 |work=Chicago Sun Times |date=January 17, 2019}}
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Category:Illinois State University alumni
Category:DePaul University College of Law alumni
Category:American chairpersons of corporations
Category:American chief executives
Category:American media executives
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
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