Pearson at a glance
Pearson is an international company with market-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing. We are 37,000 people in more than 60 countries, helping children and adults to learn, business people to make informed decisions and readers of all ages to wind down or wise up with a good book.
Overview
Education
Pearson is the world's leading education company. We provide learning materials, technologies, assessments and services to teachers and students of all ages and in more than 60 countries.
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Business information
The FT Group provides news, data, comment and analysis to the international business community. It is known around the world for its independent and authoritative information.
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Consumer publishing
Penguin publishes more than 4,000 fiction and non-fiction books each year – on paper, on screens and in audio formats – for readers of all ages. It is one of the world's leading consumer publishing businesses and an iconic global brand.
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People
Education
Business information
Consumer publishing
Proportion of Pearson Revenue
Education
- North America £2,470m
- International £1,035m
- Professional £275m
Business information
- FT Publishing £358m
- Interactive Data £484m
Consumer publishing
- Penguin £1,002m
Business
Education
We are a leading provider of educational material and learning technologies. We provide test development, processing and scoring services to educational institutions, corporations and professional bodies around the world. We publish across the curriculum under a range of respected imprints including: Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison-Wesley, Allyn and Bacon, Benjamin Cummings and Longman.
Business information
FT Publishing includes: the Financial Times and FT.com; a range of specialist financial magazines and online services; and Mergermarket.
Interactive Data is Pearson's 61%-owned provider of specialist financial data to financial institutions and retail investors.
The FT Group also has a stake in a number of joint ventures, including those with FTSE International, Vedomosti in Russia, BDFM in South Africa and a 50% stake in The Economist Group.
Consumer publishing
Penguin operates around the world through a series of connected national publishing houses. It publishes under a number of well-known imprints including Putnam, Viking, Allen Lane, Hamish Hamilton, Berkley, the Penguin Press, Puffin and Dorling Kindersley.
Markets
Education
For some years, Pearson has been a leader in education, with leading positions in large developed markets and local publishing centres in more than 30 countries. More recently we have significantly accelerated our international expansion, investing in new education operations in countries including China, India, Southern Africa and Latin America.
Business information
The Financial Times has a network of approximately 600 journalists in 40 countries and a unique model of producing distinctive newspaper editions for Europe, the UK, the US, Asia and the Middle East. FT.com, with nine million unique users and 1.8 million registered users around the world, makes the FT even more widely available.
Consumer publishing
Penguin combines a longstanding commitment to local publishing with a determination to benefit from its worldwide scale, a globally recognised brand and growing demand for books in emerging markets. Its largest businesses are in the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, India, South Africa and New Zealand.
