Facts & Figures

Business Areas
Television and radio; book publishers; magazines and newspapers; media and communication services; club and direct marketing businesses.
Divisions
RTL Group (Luxembourg), Random House, Inc. (New York), Gruner + Jahr (Hamburg), Arvato (Gütersloh)
Executive Board
Thomas Rabe (Chairman and CEO)
Markus Dohle (Random House)
Judith Hartmann (Chief Financial Officer)
Thomas Hesse (Corporate Development and New Businesses)
Anke Schäferkordt (RTL Group)
Headquarters
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 270
33311 Gütersloh
Deutschland
Shareholders
Shareholders: 80.9 % Foundations (Bertelsmann Stiftung, Reinhard Mohn Stiftung, BVG-Stiftung), 19.1 % Mohn Family
Countries
Bertelsmann has operations in 50 countries.
Employees
100,626 (as of December 31, 2011)
Revenues* 
15.3 billion
Revenues by business field*
RTL Group: 38.2%; Random House: 11.5%; Gruner + Jahr: 15.1%; Arvato: 35.2%
Revenues by region*
U.S.: 14.3%; Germany: 36.9%; Europe (excluding Germany): 43.0%; other countries: 5.8%

* Revenue figures relate to the fiscal year 2011
Market Positions
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA is the world's most international media company.
 

 

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