BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$401.0M
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- US
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Encyclopedia Publisher
Executive Vice President, Marketing
Jorge CauzNumber of Employees 4,000
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NAICS Code Book Publishers: 511130
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The Know-It-All vs. the Win-It-All
HERE'S A FACT: You probably don't want to be stuck in an elevator with these two guys. One is the frighteningly omniscient Ken Jennings, 74-time Jeopardy! champ thanks to his huge Encarta-powered brain. The other is Esquire's own A.J. Jacobs, the man who read the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica and recently...
Science & Technology: A turn up for the books
People often talk about "open source" in the context of software development; but it's easy to forget that software is only one type of intellectual property. Jimmy Wales hasn't forgotten, though. He's taken the open-source concept and applied it to something else completely: online encyclopedia content. And now, he plans...
Look Under "M" for Mess - Company Business and Marketing
Encyclopaedia Britannica had all the makings of an information-age winner. What went wrong? FOR A COMPANY THAT'S MORE THAN two centuries old, Encyclopaedia Britannica certainly is nimble. Maybe a little too nimble. Consider its online strategy: The venerable publishing enterprise has flip-flopped three times since 1994, announcing its latest...
Online Encyclopaedia Britannica is free to all
AFTER THE Bible, Encyclopaedia Britannica is probably the most famous book in the English-speaking world - and from today all 44 million words, from aardvark to Zoroastrianism, will be free. The ailing Britannica publishing house has decided to revamp itself in the Internet age by offering free...
If you don't embrace new technology, someone else surely will
Talk about missing a major turn in technology. The 1990s dawned with Chicago a colossus in the world of reference materials, a city boasting a half-dozen publishers but none more widely known than upscale giant Encyclopaedia Britannica and mainstream favorite World Book Encyclopedia. As they...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jorge Cauz | Executive Vice President, Marketing |
| William J. Bowe | General Counsel, Secretary & Executive Vice President |
| Kent Devereaux | Senior Vice President, Product Development |
| Michael Ross | Senior Vice President |
| Adam Sutherland | Director, Product Development |
| Tom Panelas | Director, Corp Communications |
| Jim Beattie | General Manager, Product Development |
| Benjamin Friedman | |
| Leslie H Gelb | |
| Chris Ertel | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Michael Randel | Editorial Board Member |
| James M. McPherson | Editorial Board Member |
| Nicholas Carr | Board of Directors |
| Rosalía Arteaga | Editorial Board Member |
| Thomas Nagel | Editorial Board Member |
| Vartan Gregorian | Editorial Board Member |
| Wendy Doniger | Editorial Board Member |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | General Counsel, Secretary & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Product Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Somatic Digital, LLC | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Educational Publishers, Inc | Senior Vice President, Education General Manager, Encyclopaedia Britannica | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | General Manager | Current |
| Britannica | Current | |
| Somatic Digital, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Chicago Council | Board of Directors | Current |
| Intellisophic, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| World Book, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| World Book, Inc. | Publisher | Former |
| Brandeis University | M.A. | Former |
| Brandeis University | B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Director, Product Development | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Director, Product Development | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Director, Corp Communications | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Director, Corp Communications | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | General Manager, Product Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Current | |
| Council on Foreign Relations | member | Former |
| Congressional Budget Office | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Current | |
| Democracy Journal | Board of Directors | Current |
| Votevets.Org | Board of Directors | Current |
| Truman Project | Board of Directors | Current |
| Wesleyan University | journalist | Former |
| National Public Radio Inc. | Former | |
| Harvard University | Doctorate Degrees | Former |
| Harvard University | Master's | Former |
| Tufts University | M.A. | Former |
| Tufts University | B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Gbn and Co | Co-Head of Practice At Global Business Network | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Editor | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | writer | Former |
| UC-Berkeley | Ph.D. in Demography | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | Ph.D. In Demography | Former |
| UC-Berkeley | M.A. in Cultural Anthropology | Former |
| Grinnell College | Graduate Degree | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | M.A. in Cultural Anthropology | Former |
Don M. Randel, President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since July 2006. Prior to that, President of the University of Chicago since July 2000. He is a member of the Audit, Executive, Finance and Compensation Committees. Mr. Randel has been a Director since May 2002.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | President | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Editorial Board Member | Current |
| CNA | Board of Directors | Current |
| CNA Financial Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Chicago | President | Former |
| Cornell University | Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences | Former |
| Cornell University | Music Department Chair | Former |
| Princeton University | Ph.D | Former |
| Princeton University | M.F.A | Former |
| Princeton University | Bachelors Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Civil War, World | Historian, Prof | Current |
| Princeton University | Professor Emeritus | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Editorial Board Member | Current |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Ph.D | Former |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | BA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Strategy Company | Editor | Current |
| Nicholas G. Carr | Current | |
| The Big Switch | Current | |
| Leigh Bureau, Ltd | Current | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Mercer Management Consulting, Inc. | Principal | Former |
| Harvard Business Publishing | Executive Editor | Former |
| Harvard University | M.A. | Former |
| Harvard University | B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Editorial Board Member | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| New York University | University Professor | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Editorial Board Member | Current |
| Harvard University | Ph.D | Former |
| University of Oxford | NA | Former |
| Cornell University | NA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Editorial Board Member | Current |
| Cell Therapeutics, Inc., Seattle | Current | |
| Cell Therapeutics, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Brown University | President | Former |
| New York Public Library | President | Former |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | President | Former |
| University of Pennsylvania | Dean | Former |
| Stanford University | Ph.D | Former |
| Stanford University | BA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | Professor of the History of Religions | Current |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | Editorial Board Member | Current |
| Harvard University | Doctorate Degree | Former |
| University of Oxford | Doctorate Degree | Former |
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