Investment Summary

Bertelsmann Invests In Penguin Random House

On July 11, 2017, Bertelsmann invested in publishing company Penguin Random House

Investment Highlights
  • This is Bertelsmann’s 2nd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Bertelsmann’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bertelsmann’s 3rd transaction in New York.

Investment Summary
Date 2017-07-11
Target Penguin Random House
Sector Publishing
Investor(s) Bertelsmann
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Penguin Random House

New York, New York, United States
Penguin Random House is comprised of around 250 individual publishers on five continents, which publish more than 15,000 new books each year. The group’s renowned authors include John Grisham, Dan Brown, Barack and Michelle Obama, as well as Paula Hawkins. Last year, 585 of the publishing group’s titles made it onto the “New York Times” bestseller lists. More than 70 authors signed with Penguin Random House publishers have won the Nobel Prize.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Bertelsmann

Gutersloh, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1835
Sector Media
Employees132,842
Revenue 17.1B EUR (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Bertelsmann is a German multinational mass media corporation. Bertelsmann was founded in 1835 and is based in Gutersloh, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 12
Sector (Publishing) 2 of 2
Type (Stake Purchase) 2 of 4
State (New York) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 4 of 5
Year (2017) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-04 Eruditus Executive Education

Mumbai, India

Eruditus Executive Education that develops executive education programs in partnership with prestigious universities such as Columbia, Harvard, INSEAD, MIT, Tuck and Wharton, and markets and administers them currently in India, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The company also offers online learning programs in association with the Emeritus Institute of Management.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-17 OnCourse Learning

Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

OnCourse Learning is a provider of professional education to financial institutions providing banking and credit union governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) training. OnCourse Learning was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

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