Springer Nature

Springer Nature
Private
Industry Publishing
Founded 2015 (2015)
Key people
  • Daniel Ropers (CEO)
Revenue EUR 1.64 bn (2017)
Owners Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (53%)
BC Partners
Number of employees
 13,000 (2017)
Website springernature.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Springer Nature is an academic publishing company created by the May 2015 merger of Springer Science+Business Media and Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Macmillan Education.[1] The company reported revenues of EUR 1.64 billion in 2017.[1]

History

Springer Nature was formed in 2015 by the merger of Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan and Macmillan Education (held by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group) with Springer Science+Business Media (held by BC Partners). Plans for the merger were first announced on 15 January 2015.[2] The transaction was concluded in May 2015 with Holtzbrinck having the majority 53% share.[3]

The company originates from a number of journals and publishing houses, notably Springer-Verlag, which was founded in 1842 by Julius Springer in Berlin,[4] Nature, first published on 4 November 1869,[5] and Macmillan Education, goes back to Macmillan Publishers founded in 1869.

After the merger, former Springer Science+Business Media CEO Derk Haank became CEO of Springer Nature. When he retired by the end of 2017, he was succeeded by Daniel Ropers, the co-founder and long-time CEO of bol.com.[6]

Subsidiaries

References

  1. 1 2 "Springer Nature created following merger completion". Springer. 6 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nature publisher to merge with Springer". Times Higher Education. 15 January 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ Caroline Carpenter (May 6, 2015). "Completed merger forms 'Springer Nature'". The Bookseller. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Springer celebrates 175 years since its founding". KnowledgeSpeak.com. 11 May 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nature". Phys.org. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bol.com's Ropers to take Haank's role at Springer Nature". The Bookseller. 6 May 2015.


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