1. Gail Ruth Rebuck, Baroness Rebuck was born on 10 February 1952 and is a British publisher and Chair of Penguin Random House UK.
12 Facts About Gail Rebuck
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Gail Rebuck has served as a Labour member of the House of Lords since 2014.
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Gail Rebuck graduated with a degree in intellectual history from Sussex University in 1974.
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Gail Rebuck worked for several independent publishers and ran a paperback imprint for Hamlyn, before putting her own funds into a new imprint, Century.
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Gail Rebuck was appointed chair and chief executive of Random House UK in 1991.
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Gail Rebuck was fifth in a 2006 Observer list of the top people in the British books industry, and at ninth place in a 2011 Guardian version of the list.
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Gail Rebuck was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013.
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In February 2015, Gail Rebuck succeeded Sir Neil Cossons as pro-provost and chair of council at the Royal College of Art ; she joined the RCA council in 1999.
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Gail Rebuck was married to Philip Gould, until his death in November 2011.
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Gail Rebuck was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 New Year Honours, and promoted to Dame Commander of the same Order in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
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In 2014, it was announced that Gail Rebuck was to become a Labour peer in the House of Lords, following in the footsteps of her late husband.
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Gail Rebuck was created a life peer on 18 September 2014, taking the title Baroness Rebuck, of Bloomsbury in the London Borough of Camden.