Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers
Parent companyHoltzbrinck Publishing Group
Founded1843 (1843)
Founders
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon, United Kingdom
Key peopleDon Weisberg (CEO)[1]
Jon Yaged (President)[2]
Publication typesBooks, academic journals, magazines
Revenue$1.4 billion[3]
Official websitemacmillan.com

Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the UK and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster). Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel and Alexander MacMillan, the firm would soon establish itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian era children's literature, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894).[4][5]

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmillan has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group with offices in 41 countries worldwide and operations in more than thirty others.

  1. ^ Alter, Alexandra (17 September 2020). "Macmillan C.E.O. John Sargent Is Departing". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Yaged Named President of Macmillan Trade".
  3. ^ "The Largest Book Publishers in 2021". Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ^ Jaques, Zoe; Giddens, Eugene (6 May 2016). Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: A Publishing History. Routledge. p. 16. doi:10.4324/9781315592275. ISBN 978-1-317-10552-7.
  5. ^ "The Macmillan Jungle Book Colouring Book Free Monkey Pattern Download". WH Smith. Retrieved 17 June 2022.