David Drake

David Drake is the President of the Crown Publishing Group overseeing Crown, Currency, Clarkson Potter, and Ten Speed Press. He began his Penguin Random House career in 1999 in the publicity department of what would become the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group. He joined the Crown Publishing Group in 2009, where he served as EVP, Deputy Publisher from 2013 to 2018, overseeing the marketing, publicity, and business development departments and directing publishing strategy for key titles across the group’s imprints. He was named Publisher in 2018 and promoted to President in 2021.

A graduate of UC Berkeley (BA) and NYU (MA), David is an optimistic, creative, and entrepreneurial manager with a keen focus on international collaboration. He has led numerous notable publications for the company, including the global # 1 bestsellers BECOMING by Michelle Obama, A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama, and, most recently, SPARE by Prince Harry.