KNOWLEDGE FOR GENERATIONS
For 200 years, publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has been an integral part of every generation’s journey, a valued source of information and understanding to help them meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. When Charles Wiley first opened his print shop in lower Manhattan in 1807, America was a young nation, full of potential and seeking its cultural identity on the world stage. Wiley was there, contributing to the emerging American literary tradition by publishing such great 19th century American writers as James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe and importing the likes of Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Later in the 19th century, as the Second Industrial Revolution and westward expansion commanded the focus of American enterprise, Wiley supplied critical scientific, technical, and engineering knowledge that helped build the foundation of the modern world. With the economic boom of the 1920s, Wiley increased its emphasis on business-oriented books, and as college attendance mushroomed in the post-World War II years, the Company dedicated more of its resources to textbook publishing.
Today Wiley serves a global community of customers, authors, society and publishing partners, colleagues, and shareholders with operations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Our offerings include a wide range of high-quality, must-have products, services, and resources, in print and online, including nonfiction books, journals, encyclopedias, textbooks, and integrated learning systems for professionals, consumers, scientists, scholars, teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, and lifelong learners. With nearly 4,900 employees worldwide, Wiley’s global headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with a Web site at www.wiley.com. Shares in John Wiley & Sons, Inc., are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley’s revenue for fiscal year 2006 exceeded $1 billion for the first time.
Most companies fail within 20 years of their birth. Wiley belongs to a very selective group as one of the few surviving American companies and publishers that were in existence at the time Thomas Jefferson was President. Wiley has not only survived two centuries we continue to evolve and prosper. We believe our knack for adaptation, prudent management, independent governance, and the unbroken involvement of the Wiley family, now in the seventh generation, are the keys to our sustained success. In the year of our bicentennial, we have taken advantage of a rare opportunity to grow and expand our deep reservoir of must-have content and services with the acquisition of Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd., one of the world’s foremost academic and professional publishers. We begin our third century of publishing collaborating with new colleagues to deliver more content to more people than ever before.
