Villard (imprint)

Villard
Parent companyBallantine Books
Random House
Founded1983
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City, New York
Publication typesBooks
Official websiteballantine.atrandom.com[dead link]

Villard, also known as Villard Books, is a publishing imprint of Random House,[1] one of the largest publishing companies in the world,[citation needed] owned in full by Bertelsmann since its acquisition of a final 25% stake in 2019, and grouped in Penguin Random House since 2013.[2] Villard was founded in 1983.[3]

Villard began as an independent imprint of Random House and is currently a sub-imprint of Ballantine Books, itself an imprint of Random House.[citation needed] It was named after a Stanford White brownstone mansion on Madison Avenue that was the home of Random House for twenty years.[3]

  1. ^ PRH Staff (March 7, 2024). "Penguin Random House [PRH] Imprints". PenguinRandomHouse.com. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  2. ^ Germano, Sara (December 18, 2019). "Bertelsmann Takes Full Ownership of Penguin Random House". The Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com). Retrieved March 7, 2024. The [2019] acquisition [through purchase of the remaining 25% stake] completes a joint venture between Bertelsmann and British publisher Pearson PLC, who in 2013 combined their respective book units, Random House and Penguin.
  3. ^ a b Random House Staff (March 6, 2009). "The Random House Publishing Group: About Us". RandomHouse.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2024.