Dr. Thomas Rabe


Chairman and CEO Bertelsmann Management SE

 

Biography
Born August 6, 1965, Luxemburg
Studies Ecole Européenne, Brussels

RWTH Aachen / University of Cologne
Economics Department
Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA)

University of Cologne
Doctoral Studies
Doctor of Economics (Dr. rer. pol.)
Career Milestones
1989 Directorate-General for Financial Institutions and Corporate Law European Commission, Brussels
1990 Associate at the Forrester Norall & Sutton law firm (now White & Case), Brussels
1991 Treuhandanstalt, Berlin, from
1993 on as Director Controlling
1993 Beteiligungsgesellschaft New Länder, Berlin,
Head of Acquisitions
1996 Clearstream International
after 1998: Member of the Board of Directors, Chief Financial Officer
2000 Chief Financial Officer
(since 2003, head of the Corporate Center as well),
RTL Group, Luxembourg
since January 2006 Chief Financial Officer and Head of the Corporate Center, Bertelsmann AG, Gütersloh, till 2008 also Head of Bertelsmann Music Group
since 2012  Chairman and CEO, Bertelsmann, Gütersloh, Germany