Overview
- Greg Greeley takes the helm effective immediately, succeeding Jonathan Karp, who shifts to lead his Simon Six imprint.
- Board chair Richard Sarnoff called Greeley a strategic leader across physical and digital markets, and Greeley said he is honored to steward the publisher’s cultural mission.
- Greeley’s résumé includes nearly two decades at Amazon overseeing media categories, helping launch Prime, and advancing discovery programs such as First Reads, Prime Reading, Audible offerings, and print-on-demand via CreateSpace.
- In a Monday interview, Greeley said KKR’s growth plan for Simon & Schuster remains intact, praised the firm’s employee-ownership model, and noted recent overseas acquisitions, new imprints, expanded distribution, and reported hiring gains.
- He outlined an immediate listening tour following an all-hands meeting, plans to engage at the London Book Fair, and a customer-centric push to help readers find books they did not know they wanted.