Bertelsmann
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Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Bertelsmann (), is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates and is also active in the service sector and education.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
- Company.former_names
- Bertelsmann AG (1971–2012)
- Company.logo
- Bertelsmann 2011 logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 250px
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2011
- Company.image
- Bertelsmann Corporate Center Gütersloh 2011.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Gütersloh
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.founder
- Carl Bertelsmann
- Company.location_city
- Gütersloh
- Company.location_country
- Germany
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Mass media
- Company.products
- Publishing, record label, broadcasting, cable television, film production
- Company.revenue
- €18,988 million
- Company.revenue_year
- 2024
- Company.profit
- €1,036 million
- Company.profit_year
- 2024
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Gütersloh
- Owned by
- Bertelsmann Stiftung
- CEO
- Thomas Rabe
- Industry
- educational system
- Employees
- 164691
- Revenue
- 20245000000
- Legal form
- Aktiengesellschaft
- Official website
- www.bertelsmann.de
- Image
- Bertelsmann Corporate Center Gütersloh 2011.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bertelsmann
- topic's main category
- Category:Bertelsmann
- inception
- 1835-07-01
- director / manager
- Reinhard Mohn
- location of formation
- Gütersloh
- organizational division
- Arvato
- ICAO airline designator
- BFD
- product or material produced
- publishing
- social media followers
- 5609
- P8168
- Aikin
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
- number of viewers/listeners
- 392923
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- History
- 1835–1933
- 1933–1945
- 1945–1970
- 1971–1983
- 1984–1993
- 1994–2000
- 2001–2007
- 2008–2015
- 2016–present
- Divisions
- RTL Group
- Penguin Random House
- BMG
- Arvato Group
- Bertelsmann Marketing Services
- Bertelsmann Education Group
- Bertelsmann Investments
- Ownership
- Locations
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Bertelsmann (), is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates and is also active in the service sector and education.
Bertelsmann was founded as a publishing house by Carl Bertelsmann in 1835. 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. Its principal divisions include the RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, Arvato, the Bertelsmann Marketing Services, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bertelsmann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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