Facts & Figures
Business Areas
Television and radio; book publishers; magazines and newspapers; media and communication services; media clubs and direct marketing.Divisions
RTL Group (Luxembourg), Random House, Inc. (New York), Gruner + Jahr (Hamburg), Arvato (Gütersloh), Direct Group (Gütersloh)Executive Board
Hartmut Ostrowski (Chairman and CEO; Direct Group)
Rolf Buch (Arvato)
Bernd Buchholz (Gruner + Jahr)
Markus Dohle (Random House)
Thomas Rabe (CFO)
Gerhard Zeiler (RTL Group)Headquarters
Bertelsmann AG
Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 270
33311 Gütersloh
DeutschlandShareholders
Shareholders: Bertelsmann Stiftung (77.4%), Mohn family (22.6%)Countries
Bertelsmann AG has operations in more than 50 countries.Employees
102,983 (as of December 31, 2009) Revenues*
15.4 billion Revenues by business field
RTL Group: 34.4%; Random House: 11.0%; Gruner + Jahr: 16.0%; Arvato: 30.7%; Direct Group: 7.9% Revenues by region
U.S.: 12.5%; Germany: 35.0%; Europe (excluding Germany): 47.7%; other countries: 4.8%
* Revenue figures relate to the fiscal year 2009Market Positions
Bertelsmann AG is the world's most international media
company.
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