Penguin Random House
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Summary
Penguin Random House is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,673 views/month, #283 of 29,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Penguin Random House is in the country of United States[3].
- Penguin Random House is in the country of GB[4].
- Penguin Random House is in the country of US[5].
- Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as business[6].
- Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as company[7].
- Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as book publisher[8].
- Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as publisher[9].
- Penguin Random House's instance of is recorded as organization[10].
- Penguin Random House's founder is recorded as Bertelsmann[11].
- Penguin Random House's founder is recorded as Pearson plc[12].
- Penguin Random House's item operated is recorded as Penguin Random House database[13].
- Penguin Random House is owned by Bertelsmann[14].
- Penguin Random House's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[15].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Tundra Books[16].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group[17].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Penguin India[18].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial[19].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Random House of Canada[20].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Arrow Books[21].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Random House[22].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Vintage Books[23].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Editorial Sudamericana[24].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Sasquatch Books[25].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Dutton[26].
- Penguin Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as House of Collectibles[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
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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 529900G1S6D7T5ZIX198[28]
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Registered legal name: Penguin Random House LLC[29]
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Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]
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GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]
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Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): HZEH[32]
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Entity status: ACTIVE[33]
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LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]
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Entity created: 2013-05-28[35]
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LEI first registered: 2015-03-04[36]
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LEI last updated: 2026-03-02[37]
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LEI next renewal: 2027-03-05[38]
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Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[39]
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Registration authority: RA000602[40]
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Authority entity ID: 5296789[41]
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Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]
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Type: Publisher[43]
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Country: XW[44]
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Began / founded: 2013-07-01[45]
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MusicBrainz ID: fe75b72e-8737-4506-92e6-15ee9b19f574[46]
Body
Founding
Founders include Bertelsmann[11] and Pearson plc[12]. Recorded inception include July 1, 2013[47], 1962-08-17[48], and 2013-05-28[49]. Penguin Random House's location of formation is recorded as New York City[50].
Operations
Penguin Random House's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[15]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Bertelsmann[51]. Subsidiaries include Tundra Books[16], a publishing house[52], in Canada[53], founded in 1967[54], headquartered in Toronto[55]; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group[17], a publishing house[56]; Penguin India[18], a publishing house[57], in India[58], founded in 1985[59], headquartered in Noida[60]; Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial[19], a book publisher[61], in Spain[62], founded in 2013[63], headquartered in Barcelona[64]; Random House of Canada[20], a publishing house[65], in Canada[66], founded in 1944[67]; and Arrow Books[21], an imprint[68], in United Kingdom[69], founded in 1953[70], headquartered in London[71].
Industry
Penguin Random House's industry is recorded as publishing[72].
Ownership
Penguin Random House is owned by Bertelsmann[14].
Why It Matters
Penguin Random House ranks in the top 0.96% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,673 views/month, #283 of 29,529).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]