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Thomas Rabe at "Hinterland of Things"

Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe was one of the guest speakers at this year’s technology conference “Hinterland of Things,” initiated by the Founders Foundation, which is supported by the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

Half Year Figures 2026

We had a very strong first half year. In the first six months of 2026, Bertelsmann achieved organic growth of more than 5 percent. We also reached two strategic milestones with RTL's completion of the acquisition of Sky Deutschland and the imminent combination of BMG and Concord.

Thomas Rabe

Bertelsmann Chairman & CEO

Given the positive business performance in the first half of the year, and taking into account the acquisition of Sky Deutschland as of June 1, 2026, and the expected completion of the transaction to combine BMG and Concord in the third quarter of 2026, we are raising our outlook for the 2026 financial year. Bertelsmann now expects strong revenue growth and significant growth in Operating EBITDA adjusted.

Rolf Hellermann

Chief Financial Officer of Bertelsmann

76,965Employees

€19.0 billion Group revenues

€3,019 million Operating EBITDA adjusted

€1,007 million Group profit

Figures refer to the 2025 fiscal year

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New challenges call for new answers. This is true for Bertelsmann’s strategy as well. So, following important successes in the Group’s transformation, the task now is to further develop the strategy with a view to ensuring that Bertelsmann is fast-growing, profitable, digital, international and diversified for the long term. The Group is pursuing five growth priorities to this end.

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