Random House
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Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.[1][2][3] Random House has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.
American general-interest trade book publisher
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| Founded | 1927; 96 years ago (1927) |
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| Founders | Bennett Cerf, Donald Klopfer |
| Headquarters | Random House Tower, , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Nihar Malaviya (Interim CEO, Penguin Random House) Núria Cabutí (CEO, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial) Gina Centrello (President & Publisher, The Random House Publishing Group) Anthony Chirico (President, Knopf Publishing Group) Barbara Marcus (President & Publisher, Random House Children's Books) Kristin Cochrane (President & CEO, Random House of Canada) Maya Mavjee (President & Publisher, Crown Publishing Group) Nihar Malaviya (chief operating officer, Random House, Inc.) Reagan Arthur (Executive Vice President & Publisher, Knopf, Pantheon, and Schocken) Gail Rebuck (Chairman & CEO, The Random House Group UK) Frank Sambeth (Chairman & CEO, Verlagsgruppe Random House) Frank Steinert (Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Random House Worldwide) |
| Products | Books |
| Revenue |  €2.142 billion (2012) |
| Owner | Bertelsmann |
Number of employees | 97,104 (as of September 30, 2020[update]) |
| Parent | Penguin Random House |
| Website | www |