Marcus Leaver
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Marcus Edward Leaver (born 1 April 1970) is a British publishing executive.
He was Chief Executive of Chrysalis Books Group from 2003 to 2005, President of Sterling Publishing from 2008 to 2012, and CEO of The Quarto Group from 2012 to 2018. In 2019, together with Mark Smith, Leaver established the Welbeck Publishing Group.[1] In 2023 he launched Gemini Books Group, with the acquisitions of Imagine That!, Palazzo Editions, Ad Lib Publishers, Mardle Books, and Pimpernel Press.[2][3][4]
The son of former Premier League Chief Executive Peter Leaver, he was educated at Eton College, the University of East Anglia (BA History of Art & Architecture, 1992) and London Business School (MBA, 1999).[5]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chandler, Mark (1 April 2019). "Leaver and Smith buy Carlton Books and launch new publishing group". The Bookseller. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Marcus Leaver Returns to Publishing with Gemini Books Group". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."In the UK: Marcus Leaver Announces Gemini Books Group". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Leaver launches Gemini Books Group". The Bookseller. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ ‘LEAVER, Marcus Edward’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
