Thomas H. Lee

Major Publishers with North American Holdings A Who Owns Whom Guide to the Book Publishing Industry

Thomas H. Lee Partners (USA)

* VNU (partial stake acq. 2006; other shares owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Alp Invest Partners, Hellman & Friedman)

* Nielsen BookScan

* The Book Standard

* Kirkus Reviews

* The Bookseller

* Watson-Guptill

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Previous Holdings
TransWestern Publishing (partial stake) (sold to Yellow Book 2005)
Promissor (sold to Pearson Education 2006)
Houghton Mifflin (partial stake acq. from Vivendi Universal 2002) (sold to Riverdeep Holdings
2006)

Last updated January 8, 2007

* VNU (partial stake acq. 2006; other shares owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Alp Invest Partners, Hellman & Friedman)
	* Nielsen BookScan
	* The Book Standard
	* Kirkus Reviews
	* The Bookseller
	* Watson-Guptill