Bertelsmann CEO and leadership

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The CEO of Bertelsmann is Thomas Rabe.

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Bertelsmann CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Thomas Rabe is the Bertelsmann's CEO. Bertelsmann has 145,027 employees, of which 54 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Bertelsmann executive team is 34% female and 66% male.
72% of the management team is White.
7% of Bertelsmann management is Hispanic or Latino.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Thomas Rabe

CEO

Thomas Rabe (born August 6, 1965, in Luxembourg) is a German business executive. In 2006, he was appointed to the Bertelsmann executive board, of which he has been chairman and chief executive officer since 2012. Under his leadership, the group has become more international, more digital and more diversified. In particular, he has advanced the business with music rights and the educational division. Additionally, Rabe was appointed chief executive officer of RTL Group in 2019.

New York

Board Member

Immanuel Hermreck

Chief Human Resources Officer

Rolf Hellermann

Chief Financial Officer of Bertelsmann

Frank Schirrmeister

Chief Executive Officer of Arvato Supply Chain Solutions

Jan Altersten

Board Member

Madeline McIntosh

Chief Executive Officer of Penguin Random House U.S

Núria Cabutí

Chief Executive Officer of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial

Annabelle Yu Long

Managing Partner of Bertelsmann Asia Investments

Annabelle Yu Long, a member of Bertelsmann Group Management Committee, is the Chief Executive Officer of Bertelsmann China Corporate Center and the Founding and Managing Partner of Bertelsmann Asia Investments (BAI). Annabelle Long sits on the board of Tapestry Inc. (NYSE: TPR, its portfolio includes Coach, Stuart Weitzman and Kate Spade), BitAuto (NYSE: BITA), CDEL (NYSE: DL), 352air and etc. Annabelle Long was named a Young Global Leader (YGL) by World Economic Forum. She is the first person to join YGL’s Advisory Council from China and also serves as a member of its Global Agenda Council on the Future of Media, Entertainment & Information. Annabelle Long was named Fortune China’s 25 Most Powerful Women in Business of 2017 and 2016 ChinaVenture – Financial Times China Top Investor. Annabelle Long holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BSEE from the University of Electronic Science and Technology in China. Annabelle Long joined Bertelsmann in New York in 2005 and worked as a Principal at Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments prior to founding BAI. Before joining Bertelsmann, Annabelle Long started her career as a TV anchor and became a producer with a variety of highly rated, award-winning television and radio programs in China.

Christiane Sussieck

Chairwoman of The Corporate Center Works Council

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Name & TitleBio

Thomas Rabe

CEO

New York

Board Member

Immanuel Hermreck

Chief Human Resources Officer

Rolf Hellermann

Chief Financial Officer of Bertelsmann

Frank Schirrmeister

Chief Executive Officer of Arvato Supply Chain Solutions

Jan Altersten

Board Member

Christiane Sussieck

Chairwoman of The Corporate Center Works Council

Kai Brettmann

Chairman of The RTL Group European Works Council

Matthias Moeller

Board Member

Matthias Moeller is a CIO at Bertelsmann and CEO at Arvato Systems. He has worked as Managing Director at Arvato Systems. Matthias studied at Universität Hildesheim.

Bernd Leukert

Board Member

Bertelsmann leadership demographics

Bertelsmann gender distribution in management team

The Bertelsmann executive team is 34% female and 66% male.
Bertelsmann is 37% female and 63% male company-wide.

Male

66%

Company-wide: 63%

Female

34%

Company-wide: 37%

Bertelsmann executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Bertelsmann executive officers is White.
72% of the management team is White.
11% of Bertelsmann's management is Black or African American.
7% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
51% of employees are White.
20% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
13% of employees are Asian.

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Updated November 18, 2022

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