Private#6 of 6 in this industry1 market
Simon & Schuster
independent artist & writer practice
Part of KKR
Acquired by KKR affiliates from Paramount Global for $1.62B, completed 30 October 2023 (Paramount 10-K 2023); earlier PRH deal blocked 2022, $200M termination fee
New York, New York, US
Revenue—not disclosed
Markets named in1across this research
Incumbent in0the one to displace
Rank in industry6 / 6by revenue
01
Where it competes
Every market in this research that names Simon & Schuster. Where it is the named incumbent it leads the list. The entry signal is the market’s, not the company’s — it says how open that market is to someone new.
| Market | Role | Share | Entry signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book Publishing House 513130 Book publishers |
Competitor | — | 76% entry signal |
02
Others in Book publishers
Ranked by revenue. Companies that disclose none follow, ordered by how many markets name them.
| 1 | Scholastic NASDAQ:SCHL | $1.6B |
| 2 | HarperCollins Private | — |
| 3 | Lagardère Private | — |
| 4 | Macmillan Private | — |
| 5 | Penguin Random House Private | — |
| 6 | Simon & Schuster Private | — |
Company details are from the search.cos database (snapshot 2026-10-18); market roles, shares and sourced revenue are from the research records linked above. Filed under the industry it serves — a software vendor sits with the industry that buys from it. Ranks convert currencies at approximate rates to put companies in order; every figure shown is in the currency it was reported in.