Penguin Random House

Summary

Penguin Random House is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,003 views/month, #283 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• Penguin Random House is in the country of United States^[3].
• Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as business^[4].
• Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as company^[5].
• Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as book publisher^[6].
• Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as publisher^[7].
• Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as organization^[8].
• Penguin Random House's founder is recorded as Bertelsmann^[9].
• Penguin Random House's founder is recorded as Pearson plc^[10].
• Penguin Random House's item operated is recorded as Penguin Random House database^[11].
• Penguin Random House is owned by Bertelsmann^[12].
• Penguin Random House's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[13].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Tundra Books^[14].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group^[15].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Penguin India^[16].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial^[17].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Random House of Canada^[18].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Arrow Books^[19].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Random House^[20].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Vintage Books^[21].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Q5818714^[22].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Sasquatch Books^[23].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Dutton^[24].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as House of Collectibles^[25].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Alfred A. Knopf Canada^[26].
• Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe^[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 529900G1S6D7T5ZIX198^[28]

• Registered legal name: Penguin Random House LLC^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-DE^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): HZEH^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 2013-05-28^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2015-03-04^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-03-02^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-03-05^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000602^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 5296789^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

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• Type: Publisher^[43]

• Country: XW^[44]

• Began / founded: 2013-07-01^[45]

• MusicBrainz ID: fe75b72e-8737-4506-92e6-15ee9b19f574^[46]

Body

Founding

Founders include Bertelsmann^[9] and Pearson plc^[10]. July 1, 2013 marks the founding of Penguin Random House^[47]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York City^[48].

Operations

Penguin Random House's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[13]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Bertelsmann^[49]. Subsidiaries include Tundra Books^[14], a publishing house^[50], in Canada^[51], founded in 1967^[52], headquartered in Toronto^[53]; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group^[15], a publishing house^[54]; Penguin India^[16], a publishing house^[55], in India^[56], founded in 1985^[57], headquartered in Noida^[58]; Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial^[17], a book publisher^[59], in Spain^[60], founded in 2013^[61], headquartered in Barcelona^[62]; Random House of Canada^[18], a publishing house^[63], in Canada^[64], founded in 1944^[65]; and Arrow Books^[19], an imprint^[66], in United Kingdom^[67], founded in 1953^[68], headquartered in London^[69].

Industry

Penguin Random House's industry is recorded as publishing^[70].

Ownership

Penguin Random House is owned by Bertelsmann^[12].

Why It Matters

Penguin Random House ranks in the top 0.96% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,003 views/month, #283 of 29,529).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[71] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[72]