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| Parent company | Ballantine Books Random House |
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| Founded | 1983 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City, New York |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | ballantine |
Villard, also known as Villard Books, is a publishing imprint of Random House, one of the largest publishing companies in the world,[citation needed] owned in full by Bertelsmann since its acquisition of a final 25% stake in 2019, and grouped in Penguin Random House since 2013. Villard was founded in 1983.
Villard began as an independent imprint of Random House and is currently a sub-imprint of Ballantine Books, itself an imprint of Random House.[citation needed] It was named after a Stanford White brownstone mansion on Madison Avenue that was the home of Random House for twenty years.
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The [2019] acquisition [through purchase of the remaining 25% stake] completes a joint venture between Bertelsmann and British publisher Pearson PLC, who in 2013 combined their respective book units, Random House and Penguin.
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