Random House

American general-interest trade book publisher
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Random House

Summary

Random House is a publishing house[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,351 views/month, #7 of 994).[2]

Key Facts

  • Random House is in the country of United States[3].
  • Random House's instance of is recorded as publishing house[4].
  • Random House's founder is recorded as Bennett Cerf[5].
  • Random House is owned by Bertelsmann[6].
  • Random House's headquarters location is recorded as Random House Tower[7].
  • Random House's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[8].
  • Random House's chief executive officer is recorded as Núria Cabutí[9].
  • Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Goldmann[10].
  • Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Albrecht Knaus Verlag[11].
  • Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Prestel Publishing[12].
  • Random House's child organization or unit is recorded as Random House Studio[13].
  • Random House's Commons category is recorded as Random House[14].
  • Random House's industry is recorded as publishing[15].
  • 1927 marks the founding of Random House[16].
  • Random House's parent organization or unit is recorded as Penguin Random House[17].
  • Random House's official website is recorded as http://www.randomhouse.com/[18].
  • Random House's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Random House[19].
  • Random House's replaced by is recorded as Penguin Random House[20].
  • Random House's legal form is recorded as joint-stock company[21].
  • Random House's native label is recorded as Random House[22].
  • Random House's owner of is recorded as Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt[23].
  • Random House's owner of is recorded as Gold Key Comics[24].
  • Random House's owner of is recorded as Gütersloher Verlagshaus[25].
  • Random House's owner of is recorded as Bantam Books[26].
  • Random House's owner of is recorded as BBC Books[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.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Country: XW[28]

  • Began / founded: 1925[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6d4d6e93-2f72-4ae4-a937-2facf9a03c18[30]

Body

Founding

Random House's founder is recorded as Bennett Cerf[5]. 1927 marks the founding of it[16].

Leadership

Random House's chief executive officer is recorded as Núria Cabutí[9].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Random House Tower[7], a skyscraper[31], in United States[32], founded in 2003[33] and New York City[8], a global city[34], in United States[35], founded in 1624[36]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Penguin Random House[17]. Subsidiaries include Goldmann[10], a publishing house[37], in Germany[38], founded in 1922[39], headquartered in Munich[40]; Albrecht Knaus Verlag[11], a publishing house[41], in Germany[42], founded in 1978[43], headquartered in Munich[44]; Prestel Publishing[12], an art book publisher[45], in Germany[46], founded in 1924[47], headquartered in Munich[48]; and Random House Studio[13].

Industry

Random House's industry is recorded as publishing[15].

Ownership

Random House is owned by Bertelsmann[6].

Why It Matters

Random House ranks in the top 0.7% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,351 views/month, #7 of 994).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  14. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Rohini · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → Penguin Random House
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  2. 26d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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