Former c.o.o. of The Quarto Group Ken Fund dies aged 65

Ken Fund, former chief operating officer of The Quarto Group, passed away, aged 65, on 22nd February 2024.

Fund joined Quarto in 1999 as president and chief executive officer of subsidiary Rockport Publishers before heading the company’s US division. He was appointed group c.o.o. in 2016 and joined the board as an executive director in 2018. After retiring in December 2021, Fund remained on the board as a non-executive director.

Fund’s career started with Dino DeLaurentiis Productions in New Business Development before moving to Simon & Schuster Publishers as business manager in 1984. He joined Harper Collins San Francisco in 1990, rising to senior vice-president for Adult publishing. Fund is a graduate of SUNY Oswego and held an MBA in Finance from Pace University.

He was the husband of Linda Fund and the father of Maxwell Tori Fund and Rachel Sean Bowman, as well as the brother of Steven Susan Fund and Suzanne Payne. 

Winnie Danenbarger, senior vice-president and group publishing director, said: “Ken will be hugely missed by his publishing colleagues and Quarto family. His leadership and friendship were invaluable to me and so many others at Quarto over his 24 years at the company. We are all still reeling from this tragic news. He leaves behind an incredible legacy that will live on for years to come.”

Alison Goff, c.e.o. of the group, added: “Ken was a huge part of the Quarto family for many years and will be greatly missed by all those who worked with him."