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3 unusual facts about Penguin Random House


Author Solutions

On July 1, 2013, Author Solutions' parent company Penguin Group completed a merger with Random House to form Penguin Random House.

Penguin Random House

It was formed on July 1, 2013, upon the completion of an agreement between Bertelsmann and Pearson to merge their respective trade publishing companies, Random House and Penguin, with the parent companies owning 53% and 47%, respectively.

Penguin Random House is a company formed from the merger between the book publishers Random House, owned by Bertelsmann, and Penguin Group, owned by Pearson PLC.



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John Makinson

In addition to being Chairman of Penguin Random House and the National Theatre, Makinson is a director of the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian organisation.