How McHenry-based Follett Content grew from a family business to an international company

Tue. January 14, 2025

Britten Follett serves as the company’s 5th-generation family member

Follett Content CEO Britten Follett always said she never wanted to be a part of the multi-generational family business because she wanted to do her own thing. For 10 years she was an Emmy Award-winning TV reporter before joining Follett Content in 2010. Now, she’s inspired to infuse her family legacy while transforming the distributor of books and resources to school libraries, classrooms and institutions.

“I like to read, so it’s kind of a dream job,” Britten said.

More than 100 years ago, Follett Content started with four brothers selling educational books in Chicago. Headquartered in McHenry since 1997, the company now employs more than 700 people in McHenry County, including more than 300 jobs within its 360,000-square-foot warehouse.

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