Company overview

Pearson is engaged in media market focusing on education, business information and consumer publishing markets. The company provides textbooks, supplementary learning materials, electronic education programs, international business and financial news, data, analysis, and fiction and non-fiction books. The company primarily operates in the North America and Europe. It is headquartered in London, UK and employs 33,680 people.

The company recorded revenues of £4,811 million ($8,925.3 million) during the financial year ended December 2008 (FY2008), an increase of 15.6% over 2007. The operating profit of the company was £676 million ($1,254.1 million) in FY2008, an increase of 17.8% over 2007. Its net profit was £292 million ($541.7 million) in FY2008, an increase of 2.8% over 2007.

Key facts

New York ticker: PSO

London ticker: PSON

No. employees: 33680

Turnover: 4,811,000,000 (GBP)

Financial year end: December

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