Valentine S. McClatchy

V. S. McClatchy
Born(1857-08-29)August 29, 1857
DiedMay 15, 1938(1938-05-15) (aged 80)
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSanta Clara University

Valentine Stuart McClatchy (August 29, 1857 – May 15, 1938) was an American newspaper owner and journalist. As publisher of The Sacramento Bee (now The McClatchy Company) from the time of his father's death in 1883, co-owning the paper with his brother Charles K. McClatchy until 1923. After leaving the newspaper business, he became a leading figure in the anti-Japanese movement in California, forming key exclusionary groups to lobby for alien land laws and race-based limits on immigration and naturalization.