Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (/ˈhoʊtən/;[9] HOH-tən; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works. The company is based in the Boston Financial District. It was formerly known as Houghton Mifflin Company, but it changed its name following the 2007 acquisition of Harcourt Publishing.[10] Prior to March 2010, it was a subsidiary of Education Media and Publishing Group Limited, an Irish-owned holding company registered in the Cayman Islands and formerly known as Riverdeep. In 2022, it was acquired by Veritas Capital, a New York-based private-equity firm.
Founded
1832
(as Ticknor and Allen)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States[1]
Jack Lynch
(President & CEO)[8]
Books, software
Graphia, Sandpiper, HMH Books for Young Readers, John Joseph Adams Books
$1.41 billion (2017)
4,000+
Leadership changes[edit]
On September 22, 2016, Zecher resigned from HMH and was replaced by Interim CEO and Board Member L. Gordon Crovitz. Crovitz is a former publisher of the Wall Street Journal.[73] On February 15, 2017, John J. "Jack" Lynch Jr., the former CEO of Renaissance Learning, was named the new CEO of HMH.[74]
Lynch brought former employee Jim O'Neill back to the company to lead the core division as GM and EVP.[75]
HMH is also formerly home to media brands like Carmen Sandiego and The Oregon Trail; and brands including The Whole30; The Best American Series; The American Heritage and Webster's New World Dictionaries; Better Homes and Gardens; How to Cook Everything; the Peterson Field Guides; CliffsNotes; and many children's books, including the "Curious George" series and The Little Prince; as well as publishing the works of J. R. R. Tolkien for United States distribution.
Some other noted books include: