Chairman of the Board, John Wiley & Sons
Peter Booth Wiley is the chairman of the board of John Wiley & Sons, a global publishing house founded in 1807. A member of Wiley’s Board of Directors for 27 years, he represents the sixth generation of his family to participate in the leadership of the company. A former journalist and newspaper columnist, Wiley is the author of five books and was the senior editor of
Knowledge for Generations: John Wiley & Sons and the Global Publishing Industry, 1807-2007
. Wiley is a member of the Board of Directors of the University of California Press and the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library and of the Library Advisory Council of California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.