The Hearst Corporation: who to call about your old retirement account

The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan. CHARLOTTE, NC. From the plan’s 2025 filing with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Good news: this plan is still running.

It filed for 2025, so if you left money in it, the account should still be there under your name. One phone call usually finds it.

Is this your plan?

From the plan’s public filings. Check that it sounds like the place you worked.

Employer: The Hearst Corporation
Address on file: 3540 Toringdon Way · Charlotte, NC · 28277
Industry: Information
Plan: The Hearst Corporation Retirement PlanPension plan
When: Start date on the filing: 1967Still running: latest filing is for 2025Has filed since at least 2009
Size: about 15,000 people in the plan, about $2.5 billion in totalabout 13,000 of them no longer work there and are still owed a benefit from it. Leaving a job does not cancel a pension you earned.

Not the right one? The Hearst Corporation has 8 other retirement plans:

Hearst Retirement Savings Plan · 401(k) plan · about 24,000 people · filed 2024
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan · Retirement savings plan · about 4,600 people · filed 2025
Hearst Magazines Union Retirement Savings Plan · 401(k) plan · about 610 people · filed 2024
San Francisco Newspapers Savings Plan · 401(k) plan · about 410 people · filed 2024
Capital Newspapers Employee Savings Plan · 401(k) plan · about 190 people · filed 2024
The Hearst Corporation & Hiea Employee Savings Plan · 401(k) plan · about 170 people · filed 2024
Connecticut Newspapers Employee Savings Plan · 401(k) plan · 22 people · filed 2024
The Hearst Corporation Supplemental Retirement Plan · Retirement savings plan · 12 people · filed 2024

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If nobody can find you

These official and non-profit registries are free:

DOL Abandoned Plan Search ↗
plans wound down by a custodian after the employer walked away
DOL Retirement Savings Lost & Found ↗
the Department of Labor’s registry of accounts owed to former participants
National Registry of Unclaimed Retirement Benefits ↗
employers and plan administrators list balances they could not deliver
Your state’s unclaimed property office ↗
uncashed distribution checks often end up here

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401kHunter is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to THE HEARST CORPORATION. Plan figures on this page come from public U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings and reflect the plan’s final reported year. This page is educational and is not investment, tax, or legal advice.