The Quarto Group
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| Traded as | : |
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| Founded | 1976 (as The Quarto Group) |
| Founders | Bob Morley, Michael Jackson, Laurence Orbach |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location |
Islington London |
| Revenue |
 $ 188.4 million (2016) |
| Official website | www |
The Quarto Group (: ) is a global illustrated book publishing group founded in 1976. It is domiciled in the US and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Their mission is to “make and sell books that entertain, educate and enrich the lives of adults and children around the world.” Quarto creates and owns proprietary content, publishing books from a diverse portfolio of imprints that are “creatively independent” and develops long-lasting content across specific niches of interest. Quarto sells books across 50 countries and in 39 languages through a variety of traditional and non-traditional channels. Quarto employs over 400 people in 11 offices in London, Brighton, Bristol, New York City, Minneapolis, Boston, Seattle, California, Hong Kong and Sydney.
The group was established by co-founders Laurence Orbach and Robert Morley and was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1986. Laurence Orbach was Chairman and CEO until November 2012, when he was replaced as Chairman by Tim Chadwick and Marcus Leaver as CEO.
The Quarto Group was founded by Bob Morley, Michael Jackson and Laurence Orbach in the early 1970s and was finally established as The Quarto Group in 1976. In 1986, Quarto listed on the London stock exchange.
By the late 1990s, Quarto had acquired three new imprints, Rotovision, Book Sales Inc and Rockport Publishers and founded another four imprints, Quarto Children's Books, Quintet and Aurum Press that published health, lifestyle and children’s books. The group expanded further in the US – with the addition of Book Sales, Rockport Publishers, Walter Foster, Creative Publishing International, Motorbooks, and more recently, Cool Springs Press. In the UK, Quarto grew by acquiring Jacqui Small, Frances Lincoln and Wide Eyed Editions.[7][8]. By the 2000s, The Quarto Group had increased imprints and genres, along with this, a steady increase in its share value.[9] In August 2011, The Quarto Group acquired independent UK book publisher Frances Lincoln for £4.5 million.
In 2012, Marcus Leaver took over from Laurence Orbach as Group CEO and in the same year, the group made a profit of $11.4 million (£7.3 million) on revenue of $181 million (£116 million). Since then, the group has pursued a stated strategy of growing both organically and through judicious acquisitions, while constantly focusing on operational efficiencies.
With increasing profit, 2013 saw a restructure of The Quarto Group by creating and renaming four distinct businesses: Quarto Publishing UK, Quarto Publishing US, Quarto Publishing International Co-editions and Books & Gifts Direct. By 2014, the group had started two new children's imprints: Wide Eyed Editions and words & pictures, and acquired small world creations[14] This helped the increase in share price by 60% since 2010. This helped the increase in share prices by 60% since 2010. In 2015 Quarto acquired Ivy Press and Ivy Kids for £1.5m and continued its expansion
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