Pearson is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing.

We help children and adults to learn, business people to make good decisions, and readers to wise up or wind down with a good book.

Our businesses fuel the growing demand for effective education and high-quality information in the global knowledge economy, and share a common goal: to help people get on in their lives through education.

With 37,000 employees based in more than 60 countries, we aim to serve the citizens of our brain-based economy wherever and whenever they are learning - old or young, at home, school or work, in any pursuit, anywhere.

Pearson is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO).

Pearson at a glance

Pearson in education

Pearson is the world's leading education company. From pre-school to high school, early learning to professional certification, our curriculum materials, multimedia learning tools and testing programs help to educate more than 100 million people worldwide - more than any other private enterprise.

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Penguin Group

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