• Name: Pearson PLC • Global Headquarters: London, England • North America Headquarters: New York City • Chief executive: John Fallon • Year Founded: 1844, as a construction company • Business: publishing and educational materials • Also owns: Financial Times newspaper, Penguin Random House publishing • Total sales in 2014: $7.2 billion (£4.9 billion) • Total adjusted operating profit in 2014: $1.1 billion (£722 million) • 2014 profit – North America: $684 million (£464 million) • 2014 profit – School division: $348 million (£236 million) • Amount spent on lobbying in Congress: $850,000 in 2013, $500,000 in 2014
