COMPANY

Large media conglomerate based in Germany, owning a large number of TV stations (RTL, n-tv, Five, etc.), publishing houses (Random House, Ballantine, Bantam, Dell, Doubleday, Knopf, etc.) music publishing (BMG, RCA, etc.)

Official Website:
http://www.bertelsmann.com/

Industry:
Media

Corporate headquarters:
Gütersloh, Germany

Sales:
$21B (2003)

Employees:
73,000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas Middelhoff	Business	11-May-1953		CEO of Bertelsmann, 1997-2002
Hartmut Ostrowski	Business	25-Feb-1958		CEO, Bertelsmann Arvato
Gunter Thielen	Business	4-Aug-1942		CEO of Bertelsmann

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
André Desmarais	Business	26-Oct-1956		Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
Hartmut Ostrowski	Business	25-Feb-1958		CEO, Bertelsmann Arvato
Gunter Thielen	Business	4-Aug-1942		CEO of Bertelsmann

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas Middelhoff	Business	11-May-1953		CEO of Bertelsmann, 1997-2002

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mathias Döpfner	Business	15-Jan-1963		CEO of Axel Springer AG
Eric Szmanda	Actor	24-Jul-1975		Greg Sanders on CSI

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