Talk:Penguin Books/Archives/2013


Ian Ballantine, Penguin USA (1939)

(quote) It was Frost who in 1945 was entrusted with the reconstruction of Penguin Inc after the departure of its first managing director Ian Ballantine.[13]

If Ian Ballantine was the first managing director that needs explanation. The Ballantines established Penguin USA in 1939. --with her father's $500 wedding gift, Betty Ballantine recalls(2002-11) --as an export division, Frederik Pohl recalls(2011-03) and that fits Betty's recollection.

--P64 (talk) 19:31, 22 April 2013 (UTC)