Factsheet
| Founded | 1749; a privately owned company. In possession of the family de Gruyter since 1897 |
| Incorporated | since 1919 |
| Shareholders | Descendants of Walter de Gruyter |
| CEO and Acting Shareholder | Prof. Dr. Klaus G. Saur |
| Employees | approx. 200. Number of employees varies according to editorial staff |
| Company divisions | Walter de Gruyter Inc. (New York branch); Mouton de Gruyter (imprint); De Gruyter Rechtswissenschaften Verlags-GmbH (subsidary company, Berlin); Sellier de Gruyter (share); K. G. Saur Verlag (imprint); Max Niemeyer Verlag (imprint) |
| Subject areas | History, Classical and Ancient Near Easter Studies, Library Studies, Philosophy, Theology, Judaism, Religion, Literary Studies, Linguistics, Communications, Law, Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Encyclopediae |
| Mission statement | ● To provide high quality products for the academic market ● To further de Gruyter’s international acclaim, especially in the fields of biosciences (journals), linguistics (mouton), Library Sciences, theology / religious studies, as well as, classic and ancient near eastern studies ● To offer electronic products in the areas of medicine (Pschyrembel), encyclopediae (Kluge), databases (biographical and historical), law (commentaries) and for journals in all our subjects areas ● To publish approx. 700 books and 100 journals per annum |
| Advisory board | Four independent advisors from economics and academia
Dr. Bernd Balzereit Dr. Georg-Martin Cram Dr. Frank Rodloff Christoph Seils |
| Business volume in 2007 | About € 40 million
Approx. 50% on the international market |
