A one-time doorman and bus driver, he became an assistant secretary of labor but fell short of his goal of being elected head of the...

Among his best known articles were one that helped clear a man of killing his mother and one that disputed plagiarism charges against Jerzy Kosinski.

He became well known for the covers he designed for Esquire magazine, many of them wordless critiques of American society.

Initially showing little promise, he eventually joined the family firm and rose to chairman, wielding vast influence in Britain’s financial and political affairs.

Heir to a Houston coffee fortune and a former president of Coca-Cola, he joined President Jimmy Carter’s cabinet in 1979 as oil shortages roiled the...