Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster LLC
Company typeSubsidiary
FoundedJanuary 2, 1924 (1924-01-02)
Founders
  • Richard Simon
  • Max Schuster
HeadquartersSimon & Schuster Building, ,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jonathan Karp (CEO)
  • Dennis Eulau (CFO, EVP of operations)
  • Ian Chapman (chief executive, UK)
  • Kevin Hanson (president, Canada)
ProductsBooks
ServicesSee § Imprints
Revenue US$1.1 billion (2022)
Owner
  • Gulf and Western Industries (1975–1989)
  • Paramount Communications (1989–1994)
  • Viacom (1994–2005)
  • CBS Corporation (2006–2019)
  • Paramount Global (2019–2023)
  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (2023–present)
Number of employees
c. 1,600 (2023)
Websitewww.simonandschuster.com
Footnotes / references
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Simon & Schuster LLC (/ˈʃstər/ SHOO-stər) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster.[5] Along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster is considered one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers. As of 2017, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States,[6] publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints.[7][8]

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  3. ^ Nguyen, Sophia (August 7, 2023). "Simon & Schuster acquired by private equity firm KKR". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Sherman, Natalie (August 7, 2023). "Simon & Schuster: Publisher to be sold for $1.6bn". BBC News. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  5. ^ "What it Means to Be a Book Publisher at 29: What Simon and Schuster Have Found Out in Their Pursuit of Best Sellers" Archived October 3, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, by Beatrice Barmby, McClure's magazine (October 1927) p.62
  6. ^ Milliot, Jim (February 24, 2017). "Ranking America's Largest Publishers". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Carolyn K. Reidy Named President and Chief Executive Officer of Simon & Schuster, Inc" (Press release). CBS Corporation. PR Newswire. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.