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| Rolf Zettersten | |
Rolf Zettersten, senior v-p and publisher of Hachette Nashville, will retire this fall after nearly 20 years with the company. He will continue to lead the Nashville division's five imprints until Hachette names a successor.
"I am profoundly grateful to my Hachette colleagues and to the wonderful authors and agents with whom I have worked," Zettersten said. "It's been a remarkable career and I am cheering for the continued growth and development of this program which means so much to me."
Zettersten joined Hachette in 2000 with the goal of establishing a Christian publishing program. He was instrumental in opening the company's Nashville office and launching the imprint that would go on to become FaithWords, which publishes authors such as Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes. In 2004 Zetterson helped debut Center Street, which began as a publisher of general market authors but in 2017 pivoted to a conservative political and military imprint. And in 2018, Zettersten played a major role in bringing Worthy Publishing into the Hachette family.
"I want to thank Rolf for leading the Nashville division to reach remarkable heights with their publishing programs--selling more than 100 million copies since the division's inception--and for his many contributions as a member of the Executive Management Board," wrote Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch in an announcement to staff. "Please join me in wishing Rolf great success and happiness in his next chapter."