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Ian Robert Maxwell MC (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor, politician, fraudster, and the father of the convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.
Jun 28, 2022 · Media magnate Robert Maxwell's mysterious death set off a chain of events that culminated in the collapse of his newspaper empire and the bankruptcy of his children.
Jun 6, 2024 · Robert Maxwell (born June 10, 1923, Slatina-Selo, Czechoslovakia—died November 5, 1991, at sea off the Canary Islands) was a Czechoslovak-born British publisher who built an international communications empire. His financial risks led him into grand fraud and an apparent suicide.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Who was Robert Maxwell? Robert Maxwell (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch) was a British media mogul and former MP, whose fraudulent business activity only became public after his...
- Grace Henry
Feb 2, 2021 · John Preston’s timely book revisits the extraordinary fate and fortunes of a larger-than-life media mogul. Robert Maxwell at a charity event in 1990, 18 months before his mysterious death at...
Jan 31, 2021 · Today, Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert is remembered mostly for his mysterious death. But in his prime he represented power, money, and shocking deceit—and British society ate it all up.