Nigel Newton (born 16 June 1955) is an American-born British publishing executive. He is the co-founder and chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.Nigel Newton was born on 16 June 1955 in San Francisco, California. His father, Peter Newton, was a journalist for the Financial Times and later winemaker.Newton graduated from the University of Cambridge, where he studied English.Newton began his career as assistant to the sales director at Macmillan. He later worked for Sidgwick and Jackson.Newton co-founded Bloomsbury Publishing with David Reynolds, Liz Calder and Alan Wherry in 1986. Their initial clients included John Irving, Margaret Atwood, Joanna Trollope and Nadine Gordimer. They subsequently published J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, at the recommendation of his daughter, beginning in 1997. Wikipedia
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