Private company

Ramsay

Logo: ramsay.fr3

French publishing house, later acquired by Éditions Régine Deforges and Éditions Michel Lafon, based in Paris1

Ramsay is a French publishing house belonging to the Vilo group.2 It was founded in 1976.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1976Founded1
  • Industrybook publishing1
  • HeadquartersParis1
  • Websiteramsay.fr
  • Legal formlimited liability company (with no further details)1

Ramsay is a French publishing house belonging to the Vilo group.2

Corporate structure

Ramsay sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Ramsay Paris

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Les Editions Ramsay were founded in 1976 in the form of a Société à responsabilité limitée by Jean-Pierre Ramsay, who sold them in 1982 to Gaumont. They stood out at the end of 1982 with the publication of La Bicyclette bleue (the Blue Bicycle), which soon became a bestseller. After a long empty passage and the threat posed to the publishing house by the lawsuit filed for infringement against Regine Deforges by the rightholders of Gone with the Wind, it was ceded to Éditions Régine Deforges.

Following the filing of bankruptcy and the judicial liquidation of Éditions Régine Deforges in 1992, Editions Ramsay were bought out by Michel Lafon and then in 1998 by the Vilo group.

In 2014, Ramsay publishes a book on President Edgar Faure entitled Edgar Faure, secrets d’État, secrets de famille, written by his grandson, Rodolphe Oppenheimer-Faure and Luc Corlouër, prefaced by Jean-Michel Baylet and Jean-Louis Borloo.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ramsay (publishing house), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Vilo

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1976Founded Founded1

Sources

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