Random House

Random House, Inc. is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher. It has been owned since 1998 by the large German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a home video distribution arm, Random House Home Video. Random House was founded in 1927 by Americans Bennett Cerf, Christopher Coombes and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired... more

Date founded:

  • 1927

Also known as:

  • Random House Inc.

Business

Founders

Bennett Cerf

Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was a publisher and co-founder of Random House, also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for...

Address

Random House Headquarters

Crawfordsville Indiana

Companies acquired:

Company acquired Date
  • 1960
  • 1961
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