Wolters Kluwer
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| Type | Public (Euronext AMS: WKL) |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Key people | Nancy McKinstry, CEO |
| Industry | Publishing and information services |
| Products | Content, software, services, and solutions in the fields of health, corporate services, finance, tax, accounting, law, regulations, and education. |
| Revenue | €3.4 billion (2005) |
| Employees | 18,400 |
| Website | www.wolterskluwer.com |
Wolters Kluwer N.V. (Euronext: WKL) is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory, and education sectors. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2005) of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 18,400 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam and are included in the AEX index and Euronext 100 index. The CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board is Nancy McKinstry (U.S.A., 1959).
Wolters Kluwer formed under its present name in 1987 when Kluwer Publishers merged with Wolters Samson as a defensive move against an attempted hostile takeover of Kluwer Publishers by Elsevier.[1] In 2003 Wolters Kluwer sold Kluwer Academic Publishers to two private equity funds who shortly after merged it with BertelsmannSpringer to form Springer Science+Business Media.[2]
[edit] Divisions
- Health[3] — includes Ovid Technologies, Facts & Comparisons [4], Adis International and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Corporate & Financial Services[5] - Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
- Tax, Accounting & Legal[6] — includes CCH, Aspen Publishers[7], and Loislaw
- Legal, Tax & Regulatory Europe[8]
The Education division was sold to Bridgepoint Capital for 700 million euros in March 2007.
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- Wolters Kluwer company website
- Yahoo! - Wolters Kluwer nv Company Profile
- Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
- Company history
- Wolters Kluwer Italy website
- Wolters Kluwer Spain website
- Wolters Kluwer German website
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