Kogan Page
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| Founded | 1967 |
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| Founder | Philip Kogan and Terry Page |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Distribution | Wiley Distribution (UK) Ingram Publishers Services (US)[1] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | Business |
| Official website | koganpage |
Kogan Page is a leading independent publisher of expert-led business books, established by Philip Kogan in 1967 with headquarters in London and New York.
Home to bestselling authors and over 1000 books across all Kogan Page specialist areas, the publishing house works with notable authors who are thought leaders in the fields of business strategy, AI, digital & technology, finance & banking, general business interest, human resources, learning & development, logistics, supply chain & operations, marketing & sales, responsible business, risk and compliance, skills & careers, marketing, finance, tourism, leisure and hospitality.
History
Philip Kogan (1930–2022) was the founder of Kogan Page and a pioneer of independent business publishing[2]. A scholarship student turned physicist, he left his scientist career to challenge the book trade of the 1960s. From a single office in Gray’s Inn Road, he built Kogan Page into the UK’s leading business publisher, championing accessible, practical knowledge for professionals.
He served as Chair of the Independent Publishers Guild (1977–79), Chair of the European Business Publishing Network, and Treasurer of the Publishers Association’s Council. In recognition of his lasting impact, he received the IPG Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 and became a Patron in 2017. Widely respected for his intellect, independence, and belief in meritocracy, he shaped the industry for over five decades.
Now, led by Helen Kogan as Managing Director since 2006, the publishing house has cemented itself as a thought leader in the space of business and professional development, selling into 90 countries and translation rights of its titles are sold into 50 different languages.
Prior to her current position, Helen was a journalist specialising in areas relating to human resources and management. She is currently a trustee of Yale University Press (London), and board member of the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) and Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS). She has served on the Publishers Association Council [3]for six years, the Advisory Board of the London Book Fair (ten years) and the North-East London Advisory Board of Young Enterprise, a charity supporting business projects and education in schools. She was named in the Bookseller’s top 150 people in publishing 2019. She has also previously been a member of the Book Society’s Management Committee.
The Kogan Page backlist of award-winning books, includes:
- ‘Fintech Wars’
- ‘Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management’
- ‘Digital Marketing Strategy’
- 'The Luxury Strategy’
- ‘Effective Change Manager’s Handbook’
- ‘Happy Economics’
- ‘52 Weeks of Wellbeing’
- ‘Sustainable Marketing’
- ‘Responsible AI’
KoganPage+ launched in 2024 as a digital platform, providing a solution for academics to access content and textbooks through an unlimited-user ebook-first platform.
Ground-breaking publishing and partnerships
Kogan Page operates internationally as a global business books powerhouse with strong partnerships in all specialist industries, publishing in nine key areas: accounting, finance and banking; business and management; digital and technology; human resources, learning and development; marketing and communications; risk and compliance; skills, careers and employability; logistics, supply chains and operations; and the newest addition of tourism, leisure and hospitality.
Kogan Page's publishing partners include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), SHRM, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), The Daily Telegraph, Accenture and the Trade Union Congress.
In recent years Kogan Page has won the Independent Professional and Academic Publisher of the Year [4](2019), Independent International Achievement of the Year (2019), Independent Digital Publisher of the Year (2020) and has been shortlisted for five consecutive years for the British Book Awards Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year[5]. The company won the Stationer’s Company own Product Design Innovation Excellence Awards 2021 for its ground-breaking work on providing accessible eBooks to visually impaired students.
Notable authors
Notable published authors, include:
- Trade: Petra Velzeboer, Michael Armstrong, Jo Owen, Jordan Morrow
- Marketing: Nancy Harhut, Simon Kingsnorth, Kate Hardcastle, Areej AbuAli
- Business, Finance, Logistics: Bernard Marr, Kamales Lardi, Ronit Ghose, Simon Thompson, Sarah Armstrong-Smith, Das Dasgupta
References
- ^ "Contact Us". Kogan Page. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Thomson, Liz (11 January 2023). "Philip Kogan obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Helen Kogan". Publishers Launch. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "IPG Home". www.independentpublishersguild.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Kogan Page nominated for Independent Publisher of the Year in the British Book Awards". www.koganpage.com. Retrieved 15 August 2025.