Press Release | Gütersloh, 05/26/2025

Bertelsmann Hosts 500 International Top Managers at its Gütersloh Headquarters

• Participants from 6 continents and 30 countries convene for Bertelsmann Management Meeting
• Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe and members of the Executive Board speak on growth, transformation, creativity, artificial intelligence, and leadership
• 6th Management Meeting in Gütersloh since 2012
• More than 700 overnight hotel stays in Gütersloh and the region

Gütersloh, May 26, 2025 – The international media, services and education company Bertelsmann is hosting some 500 international executives from across the Group at its headquarters in Gütersloh, East Westphalia on June 3 and 4, 2025. Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe last invited managers to a management meeting in Gütersloh in 2022. The top managers will meet for two days at the Gütersloh Theater.

Thomas Rabe, Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann, said: “I am looking forward to the meeting of our company’s top executives. There is a lot to discuss – growth, transformation, creativity, artificial intelligence, and leadership. The theater in Gütersloh offers the right setting, 190 years after the company was founded, as a visible commitment to our home location.”

The Management Meeting is the 6th meeting of Bertelsmann’s top international executives at the company’s headquarters in Gütersloh since 2012. The participants will be traveling to East Westphalia from 6 continents and 30 countries. Hotel rooms for more than 700 overnight stays have been reserved in Gütersloh and the surrounding region.

About Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company with about 75,000 employees that operates in some 50 countries around the world. It includes the entertainment group RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company generated revenues of €19 billion in the 2024 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world.