Donald Welsh

Donald Emory Welsh (October 6, 1943 – February 6, 2010) was a magazine publisher and editor.

Early life Welsh was born in Youngstown, Ohio. While there, he was a member of St. Anthony Hall. He bought the division in 1987, and named it Welsh Publishing Group. It was sold to Newsweek in 1999. In 2002, he created Budget Living magazine to critical acclaim, but not commercial success. However, it won the general excellence award from the American Society of Magazine Editors.

He also created the magazine ForbesLife MountainTime with Forbes.

Personal life In 1996, Welsh married Bourne Floyd. They lived in Boston Corner, New York. They had a daughter named Leah.

Welsh died of drowning, in an accident in Tortola, the British Virgin Islands at the age of 66.