Adrian Zackheim

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Adrian Zackheim
NationalityAmerican
Known forFounder of Sentinel and Portfolio

Adrian Zackheim is the founder and publisher of Portfolio, a business book imprint, and Sentinel, a conservative political imprint, both divisions of Penguin Books.

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Career

Zackheim's early editorial career included positions at HarperCollins, William Morrow, Doubleday, and St. Martin's Press. [1]

Zackheim worked for HarperCollins from 1994 to 2001 before joining Penguin Group in September 2001. [2] At Portfolio, Zackheim has published bestselling books, such as Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin, Start With Why by Simon Sinek, and The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind.

Zackheim is also publisher of Sentinel, a conservative imprint within Penguin. There, he has published George Washington’s Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger; and Do the Right Thing and A Simple Christmas by Mike Huckabee.

In 2018, in partnership with Simon Sinek, he co-founded The Optimism Press. [3]

Other works

He has edited many bestsellers including Good to Great by James C. Collins, The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams, and The HP Way by David Packard.

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References

  1. "Adrian Zackheim, Founder, President, and Publisher". penguin.com. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. "A New "Portfolio" for Business Books". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  3. Maher, John (15 November 2018). "Portfolio to Launch New Imprint". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-12-05.