Holtzbrinck Publishing Group

Holtzbrinck (German: Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH & Co. KG) is a German publishing company headquartered in Stuttgart, that ownspublishing companies worldwide. Through Macmillan Publishers, it owns one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies.

In 2015, it merged most of its Macmillan Science and Education unit (including Nature Publishing Group) with Springer Science+Business Media, creating the company Springer Nature. Holtzbrinck owns 53% of the combined company.