The roots of the company date back to 1923, when William Warder Norton founded the firm with his wife Mary Norton, and became its first president.
Riwayat W. W. Norton & Company dapat ditelusuri kembali hingga tahun 1923 ketika William Warder Norton mendirikan perusahaan ini bersama istrinya, Mary Norton, dan menjadi presiden perusahaan pertama.