Hank Greenspun

Greenspun was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the son of immigrants from Russian Congress Poland. During World War II, while stationed in Northern Ireland, Greenspun met his wife, Barbara, at a dinner party hosted by Maureen Black (née Peres) daughter of Harold Peres of Solomon and Peres and wife of British businessman Roy Keith Black. As a young man, Greenspun became closely involved with Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and the work he was doing to reopen his Flamingo casino. Greenspun worked as the Flamingos's publicity agent. Following the murder of Siegel in Los Angeles in 1947, Greenspun renewed his interest in his Jewish heritage and became a prominent figure in supporting the struggle to establish the State of Israel.

Immediately after Greenspun's death, his family entered the Sun into a joint operating agreement with the Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a result, the Sun operated as an afternoon daily from 1990 on. Beginning in October 2005, under an amended joint operating agreement, the paper began delivery with the morning Review-Journal as an insert.

Greenspun formed The Greenspun Corporation to manage the family's assets.

Greenspun was also heavily involved in real estate, acquiring most of the western portion of Henderson, Nevada for a development that eventually became Green Valley. Much of the original seed money for the real estate investment was acquired through a loan from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. His family controls the majority of this land and associated real estate developments, including golf courses and the Green Valley Ranch, Resort and Spa with interest being held through The Greenspun Corporation.

Greenpsun started the first TV station in Nevada, KLAS-TV, in 1953.

Greenspun ran for Governor of Nevada in 1962, but was defeated in the Republican Party primary by Oran Gragson.

In 2008, SGP Media produced a feature documentary about the life and times of Hank Greenspun, narrated by Anthony Hopkins.

In 1944, he married Northern Ireland native Barbara Joan Ritchie, who also was Jewish. They had four children: Brian Greenspun, president and editor of the Sun and chairman of The Greenspun Corporation; Daniel Greenspun, president of the Greenspun Media Group and vice president of the Sun; Susan Greenspun Fine, member of the Anti-Defamation League Board; and Jane Greenspun Gale, animal-rights activist. Barbara died in 2010 at the age of 88. Barbara & Hank Greenspun Junior High School, a middle school in Henderson, Nevada opened in 1991 in honor of the two.

Greenspun was a friend of Las Vegas promoter Ed Becker and the investigative journalist Ed Reid, he introduced them to one another and they would go on to work together for Reid's book The Grim Reapers: The Anatomy of Organized Crime in America (1970)..