Nigel Newton was born on 16 June 1955 and is an American-born British publisher.
10 Facts About Nigel Newton
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Nigel Newton is the founder and chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Nigel Newton was born on 16 June 1955 in San Francisco, California.
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Nigel Newton was born to an American mother and an English father.
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Nigel Newton's father, Peter Newton, was a Napa Valley winemaker, the founder of Sterling Vineyards and Newton Vineyard.
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Nigel Newton began his career as assistant to the sales director at Macmillan.
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Nigel Newton conceived the idea of Bloomsbury in 1984 and the name of the company shortly thereafter; he first approached David Reynolds to join him in 1985 and later they brought on board Liz Calder and Alan Wherry.
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In 2020, Nigel Newton received the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Nigel Newton was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the publishing industry.
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Nigel Newton is married to Joanna, they have three children, Catherine, Alice and William, and live in London and East Sussex.