American City Business Journals CEO Whitney Shaw sent out the following announcement to the company on Thursday:
Kent Krauss is retiring after a distinguished 30-year career as a business journal reporter, editor and publisher. By any definition, Kent has helped build not just individual business journals but our industry as a whole.
As I’ve gotten an opportunity to work with Kent over a number of years, I’ve always respected the inherent “goodness” that he’s brought to the office every day of his career. The traits that have made him so effective – caring for his family and his employees, investing in his community and leading by example – are ones that we all aspire to attain and maintain. Kent and his wife Kathy have five children. As you can imagine, he’s looking forward to spending more time with them.
Kent’s business journal career has taken him and his family from Milwaukee to Phoenix to San Antonio. He joined ACBJ in 1983 as a senior reporter in Milwaukee, two weeks before publication of the first issue there. A year later, he was named managing editor in Milwaukee and became editor of the business journal in Phoenix in spring 1987. For the past 22 years, he’s been publisher of the San Antonio Business Journal.
I will begin working immediately with Kent and group publisher Rob Fisher to find the next publisher in San Antonio. I’m hoping that person will be in place so Kent can begin his retirement somewhere around Labor Day.
Please join me in thanking Kent for all that he’s done for ACBJ. I know I can speak for everyone in ACBJ in wishing you much success and enjoyment in retirement, Kent.
