Private company

Grupo Santillana

Spanish publishing house

Grupo Santillana, formerly Santillana Ediciones Generales, is a Spanish publisher founded in 1959 by Jesús de Polanco and Francisco Pérez González. From 2008 and due to the high debts of the group PRISA, Santillana made disinvestments to guide itself. In 2008 the bookshop Crisol, with fourteen subsidiaries in Spain, two in Buenos Aires and one in Lima, closed.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1958Founded1

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Edifici Grup Santillana - Vila Olímpica
Photo: Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Grupo Santillana, formerly Santillana Ediciones Generales, is a Spanish publisher founded in 1959 by Jesús de Polanco and Francisco Pérez González.2

Acquisitions

  1. 2000Acquired Suma de Letras1

Timeline

  1. 1958Founded Founded1

Sources

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