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Garzanti

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Italian publishing company founded in 1938

Garzanti s.r.l. is an Italian publishing company founded in Milan, Italy, in 1938. It is known for publishing school textbooks, dictionaries (such as the Dizionari Garzanti), and encyclopedias (Le Garzantine).² It was founded by Aldo Garzanti.¹ It is part of Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1938Founded¹

Industrypublishing¹
HeadquartersMilan¹
Founded inMilan¹
Websitewww.garzanti.it
Legal formsocietà a responsabilità limitata¹

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Corporate structure

Garzanti is part of a group headed by Messaggerie italiane. 19 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Messaggerie italiane Milan, Italy
- Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol Milan, Italy
  - Garzanti Milan
  - Salani Subsidiary · 100% · Milan
  - Antonio Vallardi Editore Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
  - Bollati Boringhieri Subsidiary · Turin, Italy
  - Chiarelettere Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
  - Corbaccio Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
  - Duomo Ediciones Subsidiary · Barcelona, Spain
  - Editrice Nord Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
  - Guanda Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
  - La Coccinella Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
  - Longanesi Subsidiary · Milan
  - Newton Compton Subsidiary
  - Ponte alle grazie Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
  - TEA Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
  - Tre60 Subsidiary
- Emmelibri Subsidiary · Assago, Italy
- Lampi di Stampa Subsidiary · Milan, Italy

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Aldo Garzanti in 1938, in Milan.¹

The company was founded by Aldo Garzanti in 1938 by acquiring the publishing house Treves, whose editorial activities, in particular the publication of the weekly magazine L'Illustrazione Italiana, were continued.

In 1961, following the death of the father, Livio Garzanti took over the leadership of the company. The first publication of the Dizionari Garzanti, the first set of Italian dictionaries published by a group of editors instead of a single author, dates back to the same period.

In 1995 the company was acquired by UTET, later merged in 2002 with the Gruppo De Agostini. Since 2006, the company is part of the Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol (GeMS).

From Wikipedia’s article on Garzanti, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴