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About Victoria Barnsley
- Victoria Barnsley (born 4 March 1954) is a British businesswoman and entrepreneur.
- In 1984, she co-founded the publishing house Fourth Estate after raising £80,000 from four backers via the Business Expansion Scheme, a scheme which provided investors with tax incentives.
- In 2000, the company was acquired by HarperCollins, a subsidiary of News Corporation, for a figure believed to be about £10.2m.
- As part of the deal, she joined the company and was later made CEO and Publisher of HarperCollins UK and International in 2008.
- She remained in this position until July 2013.
- While at HarperCollins, she helped to develop its digital and international content business.Barnsley has held various high-profile industry roles including President of the Publishers Association and Chair of World Book Day.
- She also represented the publishing sector on the Creative Industries Council.
- In addition to literature, Barnsley has an extensive interest in the visual arts and is a former trustee of both the Tate and the National Gallery.
- At the Tate, she chaired the Tate Britain Council and remains a trustee of the Tate Foundation and a director of Tate Enterprises Ltd. Barnsley has a BA in English Literature from U.C.L.
- and an MA from the University of York.
- She was made a Fellow of U.C.L.
- in 2005, and was appointed an OBE for services to publishing in the 2009 New Years Honours List.Barnsley is the daughter of Thomas E.
- Barnsley, who was also appointed an OBE, and his wife Margaret Gwyneth Barnsley (née Llewellin).
- Since 1992, she has been married to The Hon.
- Nicholas Howard, son of the cross-bench life peer George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe.
- They have one daughter.
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