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Catherine 'Cathy' Sulzberger is the half-sister of Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and the daughter of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Sr. and his second wife, Carol Fox Fuhrman (also known as Carol Sulzberger). She is a shareholder in The New York Times Company through family-held Class B supervoting shares managed by trusts for Sulzberger descendants. On March 15, 2001, she and her mother filed a shareholder lawsuit in New York Supreme Court against the company, its board, and Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., alleging breaches of fiduciary duty, including failure to provide trust information and inadequate dividend payments on Class B shares. The case sought inspection of records and financial maximization for minority shareholders and was settled out of court with undisclosed terms. Cathy Sulzberger has no documented public career in journalism, business, or philanthropy, maintaining a notably private existence compared to other family members active in media leadership, with no verified details on her professional roles, residences, or personal life beyond family ties and the 2001 litigation publicly available in major sources.