Simon & Schuster facts for kids

Simon & Schuster

Parent company	ViacomCBS
Status	Active
Founded	January 2, 1924; 100 years ago (1924-01-02)
Founders	Richard Simon Max Schuster
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Simon & Schuster Building New York City
Distribution	Worldwide
Key people	Carolyn Reidy (President, CEO) Dennis Eulau (CFO, Executive Vice President of Operations) Ian Chapman (Chief Executive, UK) Kevin Hanson (President, Canada)
Publication types	Books
Revenue	US$821.52 million (2017)

Simon & Schuster, Inc., a subsidiary of ViacomCBS, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints.

The first book Simon & Schuster published was a book of crossword puzzles with a pencil attached. The company has published bestsellers by many people, recently including Stephen King and Hillary Clinton.

Images for kids

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  "The Sower", Simon & Schuster logo, c. 1961

See also

In Spanish: Simon & Schuster para niños