Edward P. Evans

Edward and his brother, Robert, became significant owners and/or breeders of Thoroughbred racehorses, with Robert owning the 2014 Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist.

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Edward Parker Evans was the former chairman of Macmillan Publishing, a prominent Thoroughbred owner/breeder and philanthropist.

Ned was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas Mellon Evans, a corporate takeover specialist, and racehorse owner/breeder who bred and owned the 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Pleasant Colony. He was a graduate of the private Phillips Academy, graduated from Yale University in 1964, and received a master's degree in business from Harvard University in 1967.

In the 1980's he was Chairman and chief executive of MacMillan, a New York publishing company. He owned approximately 15% of the company and made a huge profit when In MacMillan was sold to Maxwell Communications for $2.8 billion in November, 1988.

He owned Spring Hill Farm in Casanova, Virginia which produced more than 100 stakes winners including Saint Liam, the 2005 Breeder's Classic champion and horse of the year and the record setting speedster Quality Road. He was the Eclipse winning National Breeder of the year in 2009 and nine time Virginia Owner/breeder of the year.

In 2010 Ned donated $50 million to his alma mater, Yale University school of management, the largest gift in the school's history.

Ned died of acute myeloid leukemia at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.