Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments is based in Gütersloh and since 2014 has concentrated mainly on the United States. Bertelsmann steht für Kreativität und Unternehmertum. [28] Reinhard Mohn, one of his three sons, took over the C. Bertelsmann Verlag, as Hans Heinrich Mohn had been killed in the war and Sigbert Mohn was still a prisoner of war. [157][158] Through the partial withdrawal of Pearson, Bertelsmann secured a strategic three-quarters majority in the world's leading trade publishing group. [6] After World War II, Bertelsmann, under the leadership of Reinhard Mohn, went from being a medium-sized enterprise to a major conglomerate, offering not only books but also television, radio, music, magazines and services. [286] Over the past years, the group has increasingly focused on the newly industrialized nations of Brazil, China and India. [183] In December 2020, Bertelsmann entered talks to sell the French magazine publisher Prisma Media, a division of Gruner + Jahr, to Vivendi. [239] The business has been under pressure for years due to declining print editions. [43] The increasingly diversifying book publishers were bundled in the Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann publishing group at the end of the 1960s. Informationen rund um das internationale Medienunternehmen mit seinen Unternehmensbereichen RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr und Arvato; ausführliche Informationen für Journalisten im Pressezentrum der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA sowie alles rund um das Thema Corporate Responsibility bei Bertelsmann. Zum Konzernverbund gehören die Fernsehgruppe Konzern-Gewinn- und … [280] In 1992, Bertelsmann purchased the Bertelsmann Building in New York City and located its North American headquarters there. Its publications include Brigitte, Geo and Stern,[208] and the company also has a majority stake in Motor Presse Stuttgart and Dresdner Druck- und Verlagshaus. Bertelsmann ist ein Medien-, Dienstleistungs- und Bildungsunternehmen, das in rund 50 Ländern der Welt aktiv ist. Euro. [279] In addition to the typical facilities, the headquarters in Gütersloh also feature the Bertelsmann University, an academic institution for Bertelsmann executives. Den gesamten Geschäftsbericht 2019 finden Sie als PDF-Blätterkatalog hier . [209] In 2015, Gruner + Jahr had a presence in 20 countries. [20] Especially in the years between 1939 and 1941, the revenues of the C. Bertelsmann Verlag skyrocketed. Bertelsmann erleben - Erlebe die Vielfalt der Bertelsmann Konzernfamilie. 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[196][197] Following the sale of shares in 2013, the stake is 75.1%. [184], In January 2021, Bertelsmann began to explore selling its controlling stake in the French television channel M6. [77][78] The multimedia division also included mediaWays and Pixelpark. Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft controls all voting rights at the General Meeting. Vorstand Thomas Rabe: So will Bertelsmann mit Google und Co. mithalten Von Carsten Germis, Berlin-Aktualisiert am 26.03.2019-10:35 Bildbeschreibung … Bertelsmann und Co.: Was ist los im Gesundheitssystem? The holding handles central tasks, in the field of corporate finance, for example. [298] This was headed by Saul Friedländer, and additional members were Norbert Frei, Trutz Rendtorff and Reinhard Wittmann. [221] Since 2013, BMG has once again become a fully owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann. The three foundations, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Reinhard Mohn Stiftung and BVG Stiftung, together own 80.9%. [222][223] In 2016, BMG became a division of Bertelsmann. [199], The Bertelsmann Investments division bundles Bertelsmann's startup investments. [251] In 2019, sales reached €13 million. [15], During the Third Reich, the publishing house gained a prominent position with its affordable "Bertelsmann Volksausgaben" ("people's editions"). [278], Since the 1970s, the Bertelsmann headquarters have been in the Gütersloh district of Avenwedde, and its layout encompasses some 26,100 square meters. [50], The internationalization of Bertelsmann, initiated in the 1960s, was taken further:[51] Among other things, Bertelsmann acquired shares in the publishing houses Plaza & Janés[52] based in Barcelona and Bantam Books[53] from New York City. Ties to National Socialist organizations were initially denied. [295] Thomas Middelhoff portrayed Bertelsmann as one of the few non-Jewish media companies shut down by the National Socialists because it allegedly published subversive literature. [299] It stated, for example, that the suggestion that the C. Bertelsmann Verlag mounted resistance against National Socialism was clearly not accurate. [10][11] The company's key principles are creativity and entrepreneurship. [129][130] Bertelsmann sold its shares of the record label Sony BMG,[131][132] and since then the company has operated under the name of Sony Music Entertainment. [83] Mark Wössner joined the supervisory board of the company and also became chairman of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. 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 rapid growth of Bertelsmann led to structural and financial problems. [273] In 2012, Bertelsmann created the additional so-called Group Management Committee, in order to advise the executive board in important matters. [170] OnCourse Learning offers continuing education and professional development by providing digital courses for healthcare and financial services clients. Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Income statement for the financial year from January 1 to December 31, 2019 Notes 2019 2018 € € millions Revenues 12 112,838,921.19 115 Capitalized cost 8,348.00 – Other operating income 13 188,863,066.54 202 [226][227] Since the 1950s, Bertelsmann has been an active service provider,[228] delivering books for other publishing companies, for example. Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Bertelsmann Management SE each have a supervisory board that oversees the management. Bertelsmann steht für Kreativität und Unternehmertum. [199], From 1971 to 2012, Bertelsmann was a joint stock company under German law (Aktiengesellschaft). [54] In the period of the 1979–1980 recession, there was discussion concerning the succession of Reinhard Mohn. Information about the international media enterprise and it's corporate divisions RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr, Arvato; detailed information for journalists in the Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA's Press Center as well as everything about Corporate Responsibility activities at Bertelsmann. Informationen rund um das internationale Medienunternehmen mit seinen Unternehmensbereichen RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr und Arvato; ausführliche Informationen für Journalisten im Pressezentrum der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA sowie alles rund um das Thema Corporate Responsibility bei Bertelsmann. Bertelsmann does business in the media and services sectors of about 50 countries around the world. [284], Worldwide, with all divisions, Bertelsmann has almost 350 locations. [68], In the financial year of 1990/1991, Bertelsmann had over 45,000 employees and reached sales of 14.5 billion Deutsche Mark annually. [72] In 1993, Reinhard Mohn transferred the majority of capital shares to the Bertelsmann Stiftung and assumed its chairmanship. [122][123] In addition, Gunter Thielen initiated the buyback of the shares from Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, so that the Mohn family regained complete control of Bertelsmann from 2006. [30] After currency reform in 1948, there was a market slump in the book trade that also led to the next existential crisis for the C. Bertelsmann Verlag. The IHC presented an interim report in the year 2000 and issued a final report in 2002. [230] What's more, today Arvato offers services, for example, in the areas of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and finance, as well as information technology. Profits recovered to some extent across the next five years but remained weak until 2015. [212] Bertelsmann has had a stake in Gruner + Jahr since 1969. [82] Thomas Middelhoff had previously already been a member of the management board of the multimedia division. [55] In 1981, he finally moved over to the supervisory board. 80.9 percent of capital shares in Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Foundations are indirectly held by foundations, with the remaining 19.1 percent held indirectly by the Mohn family. Its divisions are RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr, BMG, Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments. Profit of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA 2018-2019, by division Revenue of the Bertelsmann SE & Co. KgaA 2019-2020, by segment New York Times Company's net income Q1 2010 - Q3 2020 Euro. [7] Its principal divisions include the RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr, BMG, Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments. The subsequent purchase of approximately fifty per cent of Penguin Random House in two separate deals of 2017 and 2019, after Penguin Random House had only recently achieved record revenue and sales (more than twice as much as 2011, [304]), must be called into question. [48] Larger acquisitions became practically impossible. [171] Bertelsmann, itself a strong advocate of lifelong learning, donated tens of thousands of Udacity scholarships in 2017 and 2019 to enable the advanced training of talented participants, in fields including Big Data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Unternehmenspräsentation Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Erstklassige Medieninhalte, Dienstleistungen und Bildungsangebote Spitzenpositionen in den … [241] It was established in 2015 and has its headquarters in New York City. [84], This management change coincided with the takeover of Random House. [250] Bertelsmann Investments holds equity positions in a total of over 100 startup companies, almost all from the digital economy. [4][5], Bertelsmann was founded as a publishing house by Carl Bertelsmann in 1835. [46] To this day, it has remained the Bertelsmann headquarters, referred to as the Bertelsmann Corporate Center. [187] In 2016, Bertelsmann introduced a new structure of eight divisions:[188] RTL Group (television and radio), Penguin Random House (book publishing), Gruner + Jahr (magazines), BMG (music rights), Arvato (services), Bertelsmann Education Group (education), Bertelsmann Printing Group (printing) and Bertelsmann Investments (investments). 63% involved business outside of Germany, and the United States was the most important foreign market. [70] For example, in 1989 the first branch outlet of the Club Bertelsmann opened in Dresden. A merger with Axel Springer, also planned at the time, for which a loan for millions had been taken out temporarily from Westdeutsche Landesbank,[41] failed in 1970. [90] In 1999, Bertelsmann acquired the publisher Springer Science+Business Media, which, among other things, was the market leader for mathematics and physics. [191][192] In 2015, with the RTL Digital Hub, the company launched a dedicated unit for web videos. 40 talking about this. Mit rund 130.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern erzielte das Unternehmen im Geschäftsjahr 2020 einen Umsatz von 17,3 Mrd. [144][145] Gruner + Jahr was taken over completely by Bertelsmann in 2014. Er zählt zu den weltweit größten Medienunternehmen und ist auch in der Dienstleistungsbranche und im Bildungsbereich aktiv. Die Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA ist ein internationaler Konzern mit Sitz in Gütersloh und weiteren Zentralen in New York, Peking, Neu-Delhi und São Paulo. Informationen rund um das internationale Medienunternehmen mit seinen Unternehmensbereichen RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr und Arvato; ausführliche Informationen für Journalisten im Pressezentrum der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA sowie alles rund um das Thema Corporate Responsibility bei Bertelsmann. [44] In 1972, this company moved from Gütersloh to Munich. [213] Bertelsmann gradually purchased shares from Richard Gruner, Gerd Bucerius and John Jahr. [22][23] In 1944, the Reichsschrifttumskammer (Reich Chamber of Literature) closed the publishing house to "mobilize all powers for victory". Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaACarl-Bertelsmann-Straße 27033311 Gütersloh, Phone: +49 (0) 5241-80-0Fax: +49 (0) 5241-80-62321. [215] In 2014, Bertelsmann took over the company completely. [31] Under these conditions, in 1950 Bertelsmann launched the Lesering (book club) to stimulate sales. [202] 250 publishing houses on five continents are part of the company, including Random House and Penguin Books, but also Doubleday, Knopf and Viking. [199], Gruner + Jahr is an internationally operating magazine publisher based in Hamburg. In the 1990s, critical questions arose as to the role of Bertelsmann in the Third Reich. [74], In 1994, Gruner + Jahr acquired the magazines of The New York Times, whereby Bertelsmann was once again able to expand its presence in foreign markets. Bertelsmann Stiftung (Hrsg.) 116 talking about this. Two years later, Ariola, one of the most successful German record labels was launched,[36] and virtually at the same time, the Sonopress record pressing plant was established. [91][92] In the year 2000, Bertelsmann dissolved its joint venture with AOL Europe. [93] The sale of the shares in the joint venture to America Online yielded billions to Bertelsmann.