Gerhard Zeiler

CEO RTL Group

 

Biography
Born  July 20, 1955 in Vienna
Studies  Psychology, Sociology and Educational Science
Career Milestones
1976 Scientific Assistant at the Austrian Institute for Occupational Research
1979 Freelance journalist
1979 Press Spokesman for Austria’s Minister of Education and the Arts, Dr. Fred Sinowatz and later for Dr. Franz Vranitzky
1986 Secretary General, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)
1991 Sole Managing Director, Tele 5, a German commercial TV channel based in Munich 
1992Managing Director, RTL 2 in Cologne/Munich
1994 Director, ORF
1998 - 2005Managing Director, RTL Television, Cologne
2000 Member of the Operations Management Committee, RTL Group
2002 Member of the Supervisory Board, Groupe M6
2002 - 2004 Member of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Board of Trustees
since March 2003 Chief Executive Officer, RTL Group
since October 2005 Member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann AG