Pearson
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Albert Einstein.
Welcome to Pearson. We have a simple mission: to help people make more of their lives through learning. We’re the world’s leading learning company, but we believe that companies, like people, are Always Learning. That’s because there’s always room for a bit more understanding. (video)
1844
S. Pearson and Son is established as a small building firm in the north of England.
1935
Allen Lane publishes the first Penguins.
Aiming to meet the need for good quality contemporary fiction at an attractive price, the first Penguin paperbacks appear in the summer of 1935 and are a mix of biography, crime writing and novels. All the titles are by contemporary writers including Ernest Hemingway, Eric Linklater and Agatha Christie. They cost just sixpence, the same price as a packet of cigarettes. Within twelve months, Penguin sells a staggering 3 million paperbacks.
2000
Pearson acquires Dorling Kindersley, the premier and distinctive illustrated reference publisher and integrates it within Penguin to form the Penguin Group (UK).
2001 Pearson extends its commitment to the Japanese education market, taking an 85% stake in Kirihara, one of Japan's leading educational publishers. 2002 Pearson acquires Rough Guides, the highly acclaimed publishers of travel and music writing, and brings it under Penguin. Pearson sells its 22% stake in broadcasting and content company RTL Group, to Bertelsmann AG for 1.5billion Euros.
2003
Financial Times launches its Asia edition in print and online, as well as Chinese.FT.com, its first Chinese language business website.
2004 FT takes a 13.85% stake in Business Standard, one of India's leading financial newspapers. FT starts printing in Sydney, Australia, bringing the total number of print sites to 23 worldwide. 2005 Pearson acquires AGS Publishing from WRC Media for $270million. The acquisition enables Pearson to
Welcome to Pearson. We have a simple mission: to help people make more of their lives through learning. We’re the world’s leading learning company, but we believe that companies, like people, are Always Learning. That’s because there’s always room for a bit more understanding. (video)
1844
S. Pearson and Son is established as a small building firm in the north of England.
1935
Allen Lane publishes the first Penguins.
Aiming to meet the need for good quality contemporary fiction at an attractive price, the first Penguin paperbacks appear in the summer of 1935 and are a mix of biography, crime writing and novels. All the titles are by contemporary writers including Ernest Hemingway, Eric Linklater and Agatha Christie. They cost just sixpence, the same price as a packet of cigarettes. Within twelve months, Penguin sells a staggering 3 million paperbacks.
2000
Pearson acquires Dorling Kindersley, the premier and distinctive illustrated reference publisher and integrates it within Penguin to form the Penguin Group (UK).
2001 Pearson extends its commitment to the Japanese education market, taking an 85% stake in Kirihara, one of Japan's leading educational publishers. 2002 Pearson acquires Rough Guides, the highly acclaimed publishers of travel and music writing, and brings it under Penguin. Pearson sells its 22% stake in broadcasting and content company RTL Group, to Bertelsmann AG for 1.5billion Euros.
2003
Financial Times launches its Asia edition in print and online, as well as Chinese.FT.com, its first Chinese language business website.
2004 FT takes a 13.85% stake in Business Standard, one of India's leading financial newspapers. FT starts printing in Sydney, Australia, bringing the total number of print sites to 23 worldwide. 2005 Pearson acquires AGS Publishing from WRC Media for $270million. The acquisition enables Pearson to