Victor F. Ridder

Victor Frank Ridder (April 4, 1886 – June 14, 1963) was a newspaper publisher and civic leader in New York City for many decades.

Early life and career Victor F. Ridder was born in New York City on April 4, 1886. He and his brothers Bernard H. Ridder and Joseph E. Ridder were the owners and publishers of the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, the premier daily newspaper of German-speaking residents of the New York City area, which they had inherited from their father Herman Ridder.

His company, founded by his father, Ridder Publications, Inc., later merged with Knight Newspapers, Inc. in 1974, and operated under the name Knight Ridder until 2006, when the company was purchased by The McClatchy Company. and as New York City administrator of the Works Progress Administration from October 1935 until his resignation in July 1936 (effective August 1.).

Personal life Ridder was twice married, first to Marie Thompson (1885–1935) in 1911.

Ridder died from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan on June 14, 1963.