Bertelsmann/Random House By the Numbers
by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 3/24/2008
18.76 billion: Worldwide sales for Bertelsmann, in euros ($24.4 billion), in 2007
19.30 billion: Worldwide sales for Bertelsmann, in euros, in 2006
1.84 billion: Worldwide sales for Random House, in euros ($2.39 billion), in 2007
1.95 billion: Worldwide sales for Random House, in euros, in 2006
173 million: Random House earnings before interest & taxes, in euros ($225 million), in 2007
182 million: Random House earnings before interest & taxes, in euros, in 2006
5,764: Number of worldwide Random House employees, Dec. 31, 2007
5,804: Number of worldwide Random House employees, Dec. 31, 2006
318,702: Sales per Random House employee, in euros, in 2007
335,458: Sales per Random House employee, in euros, in 2006
23,000: Number of Random House North America titles fully digitized
10,000: Number of Random House North America titles in Random’s Insight search-and-browse feature
500 million: Books sold by Random annually worldwide
