CEO Corner: The Business of Books

CEO Linda Zecher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt explains how her 180-year-old Boston-based company has evolved

(NECN) - It's a publisher whose best known title is Curious George. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, they've been nurturing curious learners all over the globe in ways that could never have been imagined when the company was founded 180 years ago.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a $1 billion company based out of Boston.

CEO Linda Zecher joins Peter Howe on CEO Corner to discuss the changing face of learning from kindergarten to high school.

In this segment, Zecher explains how the company became publicly traded. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt came out of bankruptcy in a matter of weeks after being in about $3 billion of debt.

Zecher shares her advice for others considering an IPO.

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