Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Overview

  • Founded
  • 1831
Founded
  • Status
  • Private
  • Employees
  • 4,914
Employees
  • Latest Deal Type
  • Buyout/​LBO
  • Financing Rounds
  • 14
  • Investments
  • 24

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt General Information

Description

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co is a learning company committed to delivering integrated solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. The company operates in two segments, Education and HMH Books & Media. The Education segment provides educational products, technology platforms, and services, including print and digital content in the form of textbooks, digital courseware, instructional aids, educational assessment and intervention solutions for students. The HMH Books & Media segment develops, markets and sells consumer books in print and digital formats as well as licenses book rights & electronic businesses. This segment distributes products through retail stores comprising physical and online & wholesalers.

Contact Information

Website
www.hmhco.com
Formerly Known As
HMH Holdings
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Primary Industry
Publishing
Other Industries
Educational and Training Services (B2C)
Former Stock Listing
HMHC
Primary Office
  • 125 High Street
  • Boston, MA 02110
  • United States
+1 (617) 000-0000
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Comparisons

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Competitors (10)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Cengage Learning Formerly PE-Backed Boston, MA 0000 0000 000000000 0000
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000000 0000 Venture Capital-Backed Louisville, CO 000 00.00 000000000 - 00.00
000000 & 00000 Private Equity-Backed Lyndhurst, NJ 00000 00000 00000000. 00
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Patents

  • 56

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 8

    Granted

  • 000

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-8219021-B2 System and method for proctoring a test by acting on universal controls affecting all test takers Active 05-Jun-2007 00000000 00
US-20080102432-A1 Dynamic content and polling for online test taker accomodations Abandoned 11-Sep-2006 00000000 00
US-20080096176-A1 Online test polling Granted 11-Sep-2006 00000000 00
US-9396665-B2 Systems and methods for indicating a test taker status with an interactive test taker icon Active 11-Sep-2006 00000000 00
US-20100055659-A1 Online test proctoring interface with test taker icon and multiple panes Granted 11-Sep-2006 G09B7/02 00
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Executive Team (47)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
John Lynch Jr. President, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Joseph Abbott Jr. Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President
Peter George Chief Technology Officer & Executive Vice President
Matthew Fields Executive Vice President & General Manager
James O'Neill Executive Vice President & General Manager-Core Solutions
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Board Members (11)

Name Representing Role Since
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0000 00000 00. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt President, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member 000 0000
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Investments & Acquisitions (24)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
00000 0000000 14-Apr-2021 00000 0000 00.000 Educational Software 00000 0'0
00000000 07-Mar-2019 00000 0000 Educational and Training Services (B2C)
000000 (00000 14-Jan-2019 0000000000 00.00 Educational Software 0000000 0
00000000 22-Aug-2018 0000 00000 00.00 Educational Software
Tangible Play 08-Dec-2016 Later Stage VC 0000 Educational Software
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Subsidiaries (2)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Channel One News Broadcasting, Radio and Television New York, NY 1989
00000000 000000000 Publishing Orlando, FL 0000
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Exits (4)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
00000000 0000 08-Dec-2016 00000 00000 00 0000 Completed
  • 9 buyers
00000000000 08-Nov-2012 0000000000 Completed
  • 4 buyers
00 0000000 01-Jan-2008 00000 0000000 Completed
  • 2 buyers
Greenwood Publishing Group 16-Jul-2007 Merger/Acquisition Completed
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