 His father was the founder of Kiplinger Washington Editors, publishers of "The Kiplinger Letters" and "Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine".From 1961 to 1992, Kiplinger helmed the Kiplinger Company before passing the position to his son, Knight Kiplinger.The son of W. M. Kiplinger, Kiplinger was born in Washington, D.C. in 1918.