Fast Facts about Pearson
• Global Headquarters: London, England
• North America Headquarters: New York City
• Chief executive: John Fallon
• Year Founded: 1844, as a construction company
• Business: publishing and educational materials
• Also owns: Financial Times newspaper, Penguin Random House publishing
• Total sales in 2014: $7.2 billion (£4.9 billion)
• Total adjusted operating profit in 2014: $1.1 billion (£722 million)
• 2014 profit – North America: $684 million (£464 million)
• 2014 profit – School division: $348 million (£236 million)
• Amount spent on lobbying in Congress: $850,000 in 2013, $500,000 in 2014
Source: https://www.pearson.com/news/announcements/2015/february/pearson-2014-results.html and other parts of Pearson’s website. Conversions from pounds to USD were made using latest exchange rates and rounded to nearest decimal. Lobbying data courtesy of OpenSecrets.org.