Random House

Random House
Founded1927 (1927)
FoundersBennett Cerf, Donald Klopfer
HeadquartersRandom House Tower, 1745 Broadway, ,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Gina Centrello (president and publisher, The Random House Publishing Group)
Barbara Marcus (president and publisher, Random House Children's Books)
Nihar Malaviya (chief operating officer, Random House, Inc.)
ProductsBooks
RevenueIncrease€2.142 billion (2012)
OwnerBertelsmann
Number of employees
97,104 (as of September 30, 2020)
ParentPenguin Random House
Websitewww.randomhousebooks.com

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.[1][2][3] It has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by the Germany-based media conglomerate Bertelsmann.

  1. ^ "Random House – Bertelsmann AG" (in German). Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "Größter Buchverlag der Welt bekommt neuen Chef" [Largest book publisher in the world gets new boss]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Reuters. May 20, 2008. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Randomhouse.biz – About Us". Business Solutions. Random House. December 31, 2011. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.