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| Parent company | Holtzbrinck Publishing Group |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1843 |
| Founders | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Don Weisberg (CEO)[1] Jon Yaged (President)[2] |
| Publication types | Books, academic journals, magazines |
| Revenue | $1.4 billion[3] |
| Official website | macmillan |
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the UK and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the "Big Five" English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster). Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel and Alexander MacMillan, the firm soon established itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian-era children's literature, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894).[4][5]
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmillan has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group with offices in 41 countries worldwide and operations in more than thirty others.
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- ^ Milliot, Jim (26 January 2021). "Yaged Named President of Macmillan Trade". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ "The Largest Book Publishers in 2021". Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Jaques, Zoe; Giddens, Eugene (6 May 2016). Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: A Publishing History. Routledge. p. 16. doi:10.4324/9781315592275. ISBN 978-1-317-10552-7.
- ^ "The Macmillan Jungle Book Colouring Book Free Monkey Pattern Download". WH Smith. Retrieved 17 June 2022.