COMPANY

Publisher of Reader's Digest and other magazines, plus a business of direct-marketing books to its subscriber base. The association acquired Books are Fun in 1999 ($380M) and Reiman Publications in 2002 ($760M). Purchased by the private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings in 2007. Filed bankruptcy in 2009 and again in 2013.

Official Website:
http://www.rd.com/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
NYSE:RDA

Corporate headquarters:
Pleasantville, NY

Sales:
$2.4B (2006)

Employees:
4300

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas O. Ryder	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Readers Digest, 1998-2005
Eric W. Schrier	Business	?		CEO of Readers Digest

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jonathan B. Bulkeley	Business	c. 1960		Chairman of QXL Ricardo, 1998-2004
Herman Cain	Business	13-Dec-1945		Godfather's Pizza
Lee Caudill	Business	c. 1950		Former Avon/Liz Claiborne executive
Walter Isaacson	Author	20-May-1952		Former Managing Editor for Time
William E. Mayer	Business	1940		Former CEO of First Boston
John T. Reid	Business	c. 1940		CTO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1997-2000
Lawrence R. Ricciardi	Business	14-Aug-1940		General Counsel for IBM, 1995-2002
Thomas O. Ryder	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Readers Digest, 1998-2005
Eric W. Schrier	Business	?		CEO of Readers Digest
William J. White	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Bell & Howell, 1993-97
Ed Zschau	Politician	6-Jan-1940		Congressman from California, 1983-87

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James E. Preston	Business	30-Apr-1933		CEO of Avon, 1988-98
Laurance Rockefeller	Business	26-May-1910	11-Jul-2004	Financier behind Eastern Airlines
C. J. Silas	Business	15-Apr-1932		CEO of Phillips Petroleum, 1985-94

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
April H. Foley	Business	c. 1947		US Ambassador to Hungary, 2006-09

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph S. Farland	Diplomat	11-Aug-1914	28-Jan-2007	US Ambassador to Iran, 1972-73

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