Construction business: 1844 to the 1920sPearsonplcFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchBritishmultinationalpublishingandeducationcompanyNottobeconfusedwithC.ArthurPearsonLtd.PearsonplcTypePubliclimitedcompanyTradedasLSE: PSONNYSE: PSOFTSE100ComponentISINGB0006776081IndustryEducationMassmediaFounded1844;177 yearsago (1844)(asS.Pearson&Son)FounderSamuelPearsonHeadquartersLondon,England,UKKeypeopleSidneyTaurel(chair­person) AndyBird(CEO) ProductsPublishing(books,newspapers,magazines)ServicesEducationalassessmentSchoolmanagementHighereducationRevenue£3,397million(2020)[1]Operatingincome£411million(2020)[1]Netincome£310million(2020)[1]SubsidiariesEdexcelWebsitewww.pearson.comPearsonplcisaBritishmultinationalpublishingandeducationcompanyheadquarteredinLondon,England.Itwasfoundedasaconstructionbusinessinthe1840sbutswitchedtopublishinginthe1920s.[2]Itisthelargesteducationcompanyandwasoncethelargestbookpublisherintheworld.[3][4]In2013PearsonmergeditsPenguinBookswithGermanconglomerateBertelsmann.In2015thecompanyannouncedachangetofocussolelyoneducation.PearsonplcownsoneoftheGCSEexaminingboardsfortheUK,Edexcel.[5]PearsonhasaprimarylistingontheLondonStockExchangeandisaconstituentoftheFTSE100Index.IthasasecondarylistingontheNewYorkStockExchangeintheformofAmericandepositaryreceipts.80Strand(ShellMexHouse)inLondon,theheadquartersofPearsonContents1History1.1Constructionbusiness:1844tothe1920s1.2Publishingbusiness:1920sto19901.31990to20001.42000to20101.52010topresent2Operations3PearsoninPractice4PearsonVUE5Criticism6References7ExternallinksHistory[edit]Constructionbusiness:1844tothe1920s[edit]ThecompanywasfoundedbySamuelPearsonin1844asabuildingandengineeringconcernoperatinginYorkshireunderthenameS.Pearson&Son.[6]In1880,controlpassedtohisgrandsonWeetmanDickinsonPearson(later1stViscountCowdray),anengineer,whoin1890movedthebusinesstoLondonandturneditintooneoftheworld'slargestconstructioncompanies.[6]AnotherofitsprominentengineerswasErnestWilliamMoirwho,afterworki