Corporate Profile
Mission: To be the leading Christian communications company meeting the needs of people with resources that glorifies Jesus Christ and promote biblical principles.
- Zondervan is a leading international Christian communications company, producing best-selling and award-winning Bibles, books, children's products, software, audio, video, multimedia, and a broad line of gift products.
- Zondervan has six primary divisions including Bibles; Books; Zonderkidz, which publishes and markets children's products; New Media, which spans electronic format books, Bibles and software products; Inspirio, the gift group of Zondervan; Vida Publishers, Zondervan's multi-lingual publishing and distribution unit.
- The world's largest Bible publisher, Zondervan (www.zondervan.com) holds exclusive North American publish rights to the New International Version of the Bible with over 150 million copies distributed worldwide.
- Zondervan was founded in 1931 in Grandville, Mich., a suburb of Grand Rapids, by brothers P.J. (Pat) and Bernie Zondervan.
- In 1988, Zondervan became a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, one of the largest publishers in the world.
- In 1989, Zondervan's New Media division was formed to publish books and Bibles in electronic format, becoming the first in the industry to do so.
- Zondervan has been selected CBA Supplier of the Year three times - in 1978, 1990 and 1995.
- Today, Zondervan sells its Bibles, books and Christian products to ministries, organizations, book clubs, mass merchandisers, and retail facilities across the country, including more than 8,000 independent and chain Christian and general bookstores in the U.S.
- Zondervan has a team of more that 425 employees, and offices in Grand Rapids, Mich., Miami, Fl., and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Parent company HarperCollinsPublishers has offices in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, London, Glasgow, Paris, Johannesburg, Sydney, Auckland, Tokyo, and Singapore.
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