Pearson plc

Pearson plc

Pearson plc, a media company, engages in education, business information, and consumer publishing businesses worldwide. The company operates in three groups: Pearson Education, Financial Times, and Penguin. The Pearson Education group provides educational materials, technologies, assessments, and related services to teachers and students. It also provides electronic learning programs, test development, and processing and scoring services to educational institutions, corporations, and professional bodies. This group publishes curriculum programs for school students, and colleges and universities under various imprints, including Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, Allyn and Bacon, and Benjamin Cummings. In addition, it provides English language teaching materials for children and adults under Longman imprint, as well as provides testing, assessment, and qualification services under the brand name Edexcel. The Financial Times group provides business and financial news, data, comments, and analysis in print and online formats to the business community.

Its product lines include Financial Times newspaper; FT.com, a business information Web site; financial magazines and online services; and Mergermarket, an online financial data and intelligence solution, which provides forward-looking insights and intelligence to businesses and financial institutions that include Mergermarket, dealReporter, Wealthmonitor, and Pharmawire. This group also provides information on the retail, personal, and institutional finance industries through titles, such as Investors Chronicle, Financial Adviser, and The Banker. In addition, it provides financial data to financial institutions and retail investors. The Penguin group publishes the works of various authors in the portfolio of fiction, non-fiction, and reference titles under Penguin, Hamish Hamilton, Putnam, Berkley, and Dorling Kindersley imprints. Pearson plc was founded in 1844 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Contact Details

Office Address

Pearson plc
80 Strand
London, UK WC2RORL
Phone: +44-20-7010-2000
Fax: +44-20-7010-6060

Executives

Chairman

Glen R. Moreno

Chief Executive and Director

Dame Marjorie M. Scardino

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