Marcus Edward Leaver (born 1 April 1970) is a British publishing executive. He was Chief Executive of

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from 2003 to 2005, President of

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from 2008 to 2012, and

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from 2012 to 2018. In 2019, together with Mark Smith, Leaver established the

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. In 2023 he launched Gemini Books Group, with the acquisitions of Imagine That!, Palazzo Editions, Ad Lib Publishers, Mardle Books, and Pimpernel Press. The son of former

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Chief Executive

Peter Leaver Peter Lawrence Oppenheim Leaver KC (born 28 November 1944) was Chief Executive of the Premier League from 1997 to 1999. He was educated at Aldenham School and Trinity College Dublin. He was a deputy High Court judge from 1994 to 2017, and was ...

, he was educated at

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

, the

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(BA History of Art & Architecture, 1992) and

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(MBA, 1999).‘LEAVER, Marcus Edward’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014

References

1970 births Living people People educated at Eton College Alumni of the University of East Anglia Alumni of London Business School British publishers (people) {{UK-business-bio-1970s-stub