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Gail Rebuck

January 2020

  • The BBC

    Who are the potential candidates for BBC director general?

  • composite of potentional new BBC Director General. (L-R) : Gail Rebuck, Charlotte Moore, Sharon White, Jay Hunt and Alex Mahon.

    Five women who could be next director general of the BBC

July 2016

  • Detail from Gail Rebuck painting

    Publisher Gail Rebuck honoured with painting in National Portrait Gallery

    The chair of Penguin Random House and Labour peer admitted she was ‘speechless’ when told the work would hang in the central London gallery

January 2016

  • Baroness Rebuck and Jimmy Wales have joined the Guardian Media Group board.

    Baroness Rebuck and Jimmy Wales join Guardian Media Group board

    Chair of book publisher Penguin Random House UK and Wikipedia founder take up their roles with immediate effect

May 2014

  • Deborah Rogers

    Deborah Rogers, 'legendary' literary agent, has died

    Tributes pour in for agent behind star authors including Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro and AS Byatt, 'who defined literary taste'

November 2013

  • HarperCollins UK boss Charlie Redmayne tells publishers: take storytelling back from digital rivals

    HarperCollins UK boss tells publishers: take storytelling back from digital rivals

    Charlie Redmayne warns that publishers must take their space back by going beyond ebooks to apps, games and video

September 2013

  • Gail Rebuck

    MediaGuardian 100 2013 1-100
    77. Dame Gail Rebuck

    Job: chairman, Penguin Random House UK
    Age: 61
    Industry: publishing
    New entry

July 2013

  • Victoria Barnsley has left HarperCollins UK after 13 years as chief executive

    Bad week for women in publishing as two giants step down

  • Dame Gail Rebuck

    Dame Gail Rebuck to chair Penguin Random House UK

April 2012

  • philip gould

    When I Die: Lessons from the Death Zone by Philip Gould – review

    This missive from the deathbed of the New Labour strategist is brave, frank and moving. So why does it leave Justin Cartwright feeling so uneasy?

September 2011

  • philip gould

    Philip Gould: 'If you accept death, fear disappears'

    The former New Labour spin doctor talks about his terminal cancer diagnosis, and how it has led to him reassessing his own life and career

September 2010

  • gail rebuck

    How Gail Rebuck turned Tony Blair's book into a bestseller

    The boss of Random House on the former prime minister's memoirs. By Jane Martinson

July 2010

  • Gail Rebuck

    MediaGuardian 100 2010 1-100
    36. Dame Gail Rebuck

    Job: chairman and chief executive, Random House
    Age: 58
    Industry: publishing
    Staff: 1,500
    2009 ranking: 55

July 2009

  • Gail Rebuck

    MediaGuardian 100 2009 (1-100)
    55. Gail Rebuck

    Job: chairman and chief executive, Random House Group Ltd
    Age: 57
    Industry: publishing
    Staff: 1,500
    2008 ranking: 36

February 2009

  • Learning to read isn't a skill - it's the doorway to life

    Gail Rebuck

    Gail Rebuck, chair of Random House, on adult literacy

July 2008

  • Gail Rebuck

    36. Gail Rebuck

    Job: chairman and chief executive, Random House UK
    Age: 56
    Industry: publishing
    Staff: 1,600 worldwide
    New entry

July 2004

  • 46. Gail Rebuck

    Job: chairman and chief executive, Random House

    Industry: publishing

    2003 ranking: new entry

March 2004

  • Word power

    Despite the growth of other media and apocalyptic predictions about the demise of literature, publisher Gail Rebuck argues that the role of books is more vital than ever in the modern world

October 1999

  • From Rebuck to Nurse

    91 Gail Rebuck, 47 Chairman, Random House Group (63)
    The most powerful woman in UK publishing, and head of one of the world's largest publishers, Rebuck was promoted in June of this year. Adhering to a strict personal discipline whereby she works from nine until six each day, she refreshingly believes that success depends on what you do at work, not how long you spend there.
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