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)
Rolf Buch (Arvato)
Bernd Buchholz (Gruner + Jahr)
Markus Dohle (Random House)
Thomas Hesse (Corporate Development and New Businesses)
Anke Schäferkordt (RTL Group)
Headquarters
Bertelsmann AG
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 AG 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 AG is the world's most international media company.
 








 

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