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| Curt Matthews | |
Curt Matthews, co-founder and CEO of Chicago Review Press, Inc., is retiring at the end of this year. The Press is the parent company of Chicago Review Press Books, Triumph Books and Independent Publishers Group. Curt's son Joe Matthews, current IPG chief operations officer, will take the reins as CEO in January. The elder Matthews will stay on as chairman of the board during the transition period, and will keep an office in CRP headquarters.
"Joe has been with the company now for 10 years and has worn many hats," said Curt about his son. "He has a record of strong performance in sales and marketing, IT, operations and financial management. He has the energy and new ideas that can keep CRP, Inc., vital and growing for another 40 years."
Curt founded Chicago Review Press in 1976 with his wife Linda, who retired in 2014. They acquired IPG in 1987, Trafalgar Square Publishing in 2009, and a majority interest in Triumph Books in 2011. "It has been a wild ride," Curt said. "The publication of one book turned into a company that now supplies 56,000 titles to readers all around the English-speaking world."
For his retirement, Matthews is "hoping that it adds up to the wonderful long vacation my retired friends rave about."