Grupo Leya is a Portuguese multinational

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company established in January 2007 as a holding company incorporating some of the biggest Portuguese and Brazilian publishers and two of the largest African publishers. LeYa is the largest general-interest trade book publisher but it also publishes fiction, nonfiction and children’s books, being also one of the most important Portuguese textbook and study book publisher. Isaías Gomes Teixeira, a board member, has announced in 2008 that Leya's revenue target was circa 90M Euros and that they aimed to publish around 1,000 different books in 2008. Some of the notable authors Grupo Leya represents are some of the most renowned writers in the Portuguese-speaking world, including Lobo Antunes,

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amongst others.

Subsidiaries

*Texto Editores created in 1977, based in

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. *Edições Asa, founded in 1951 and acquired in 2007 *Editorial Caminho, founded in 1975, acquired in 2007 and best known for publishing

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works. *Dom Quixote, founded in 1965 and acquired from

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in 2007. *Gailivro, founded in 1987 and acquired in 2007. *Nova Gaia, founded in 1985 and acquired in 2007. *Oficina do Livro and Casa das Letras, the former publishing company of

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, acquired in 2008. *Academia do Livro *Caderno *Estrela Polar *Livros d'Hoje *Lua de Papel *Ndjira, from

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*Novagaia *Nzila, from

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*Quinta Essência *Sebenta *Teorema

Investors

It was announced in August 2011 that Trilantic Capital Partners $66m purchase of a minority stake in Grupo Leya in January."Trilantic Capital Will Invest in Italy, Portugal, FT Reports"
prequin, August 8, 2011

References

External links

Leya Group Home Page
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