Archive · 24 Jun 2025
Hachette India Announces Leadership Transition: Jagoorie to Lead
Imagine a big company that publishes books, like Hachette India.
The person in charge, Thomas Abraham, is retiring after a long time.
Before he goes, he helped the company make a lot more money.
Now, Riti Jagoorie, who has been working at the company, will become the new boss in 2026.
She wants to make the company even more successful by selling more books and making sure they can print them quickly.
She's also going to focus on building relationships with readers.
Riti Jagoorie will take over as Managing Director of Hachette India in January 2026.
Thomas Abraham is retiring after 18 years as Managing Director of Hachette India.
Abraham helped grow the company from an Rs8 crore to an Rs100 crore publishing house.
Jagoorie previously served as Vice-President of Product and Marketing at Hachette.
Jagoorie plans to focus on profitable growth and local publishing initiatives.
- Who
- Riti Jagoorie and Thomas Abraham.
- What
- Riti Jagoorie is taking over as Managing Director of Hachette India.
- When
- Thomas Abraham's retirement was announced on June 12th, and Jagoorie assumes the role in January 2026.
- Where
- India, at Hachette India.
- Why
- Abraham is retiring, and Jagoorie is stepping up to lead Hachette India.
- Incoming MD
- Riti Jagoorie
- Outgoing MD
- Thomas Abraham
- Company
- Hachette India
- Abraham's Tenure Start
- 2007
- Abraham's Impact
- Grew company from Rs8cr to Rs100cr
- Jagoorie's Previous Role
- Vice-President, Product & Marketing