Joanna Hishon is the ex-wife of Conard Black. Joanna Hishon’s ex-husband is a Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher and writer. His father was businessman George Montegu Black II, who had significant holdings in Canadian manufacturing, retail, and media businesses through part-ownership of the holding company Ravelston Corporation.
Joanna Hishon: Bio Summary
| Full Name | Joanna Hishon |
| famous as | ex-wife of Conard Black |
| Age | N/A |
| Date of Birth | N/A |
| Place of Birth | Montreal, Canada |
| Zodiac sign | N/A |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Children | Alana Black, Jonathan David Conrad Black, James Black |
| Spouse | Conrad Black (m. 1978–1992) |
Who is Conrad Black’s ex-wife?
Joanna Hishon is also known as Shirley Gail Walters Hishon. Much is not known about her before her marriage to Black. Information related to her date and place of birth is unavailable at the moment. Also, information related to her age is not available.
How did Conrad Black and Joanna Hishon meet?
Per reports, Joanna Hishon of Montreal worked as a secretary in Conrad Black’s brother Montegu’s brokerage office. The couple got married in 1978 in a beautiful ceremony in the presence of their friends, family, and loved ones.
Their marriage did not last forever, the couple later separated in 1991. Their divorce was finalized in 1992. They were married for 13 years before calling it a quit. The reason behind their divorce was never made public. Their 13 years of marriage were blessed with 3 children. They are Alana Black, James Black, and, Jonathan David Conrad Black.
That same year they divorced, Joanna Hishon’s ex-husband, Black married British-born journalist Barbara Amiel. Black described Amiel, in the first volume of his autobiography as “beautiful, brilliant, ideologically a robust spirit” and “chic, humorous and preternaturally sexy”. Courtroom evidence revealed that the couple exchanged over 11,000 emails.
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In 1978, two years after their father’s death, Joanna Hishon’s ex-husband Conrad and his older brother Montegu took majority control of Ravelston. Over the next seven years, Conrad Black sold off most of their non-media holdings in order to focus on newspaper publishing. Black controlled Hollinger International, once the world’s third-largest English-language newspaper empire, which published The Daily Telegraph (UK), Chicago Sun-Times (U.S.), The Jerusalem Post (Israel), National Post (Canada), and hundreds of community newspapers in North America before the controversy erupted over the sale of some of the company’s assets.
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Joanna Hishon’s ex-husband was granted a peerage in 2001 and because of the Nickle Resolution, which bans British honors for Canadian citizens, gave up his Canadian citizenship in order to accept the title.
In 2007, he was convicted on four counts of fraud in U.S. District Court in Chicago. While two of the criminal fraud charges were overturned on appeal, a conviction for felony fraud and obstruction of justice was upheld in 2010 and he was re-sentenced to 42 months in prison and a fine of $125,000. In 2018, Joanna Hishon’s ex-husband Black wrote a flattering biography of U.S. President Donald Trump. In 2019, Trump granted him a presidential pardon.
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