Ellis E. Cousens (born 1952) is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., since March 2001. Previously Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of

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AG and Time Warner Inc. joint venture, from March 2000; Vice President, Finance and Strategic Planning, of Bertelsmann AG from March 1999; Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of

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, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, from August 1998.

Education

Cousens graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY class of 1970. He earned a bachelor's degree from Hunter College, Master of Science from

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and an MBA in Finance from the Hagan School of Business of Iona College.

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Key Executives of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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