The Quarto Group

The Quarto Group
Traded asLSE: QRT
Founded1976 (as The Quarto Group)
FoundersBob Morley, Michael Jackson, Laurence Orbach[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon
DistributionHachette (UK, US)[2][3]
Key people
  • Chuk Kin Lau, President
  • Andy Cumming, Chairman
  • Alison Goff, Group CEO [4]
ImprintsBelow
RevenueIncrease $ 151.5 million (2021)[4]
Official websitewww.quarto.com

The Quarto Group is a global illustrated book publishing group founded in 1976. It is domiciled in the United States and listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Quarto creates and sells illustrated books for adults and children, across 50 countries and in 40 languages, through a variety of traditional and non-traditional channels. Quarto employs c.330 people in eight offices in London, Brighton, New York City, Boston, Seattle, Southern California and Hong Kong.[5] In July 2020, its publication This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell reached the Number 1 position on The New York Times bestseller list.[6]

The group was established by co-founders Laurence Orbach and Robert Morley and was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1986.[7] Laurence Orbach was chairman and CEO until November 2012, when he was replaced as chairman by Tim Chadwick and Marcus Leaver as CEO.[8]

Chuk Kin Lau, the principal shareholder, became Group CEO in July 2018.[9] In February 2020, the Italian publisher, Giunti took a significant shareholding and Andrea Giunti joined Quarto's board of directors.[10][11]

In September 2020, Chuk Kin Lau became President and Polly Powell was appointed Group CEO. In January 2022, Alison Goff was appointed new Group CEO.[12]

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  4. ^ a b "The Quarto Group Annual Report 2021" (PDF). The Quarto Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2022.
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  6. ^ "Young Adult Paperback Books - Best Sellers - Books - July 12, 2020 - The New York Times". The New York Times. 19 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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  8. ^ "Orbach removed as Quarto director". The Bookseller. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Orbach departs Quarto board | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  10. ^ "The Quarto Group". Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Italy's Giunti Buys into U.K.'s Quarto Group". Publishers Weekly. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Powell made group c.e.o. at Quarto". The Bookseller. 18 September 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.