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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Mass media |
Founded | 1 July 1835[1] |
Founder | Carl Bertelsmann |
Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | Publishing, record label, broadcasting, cable television, film production |
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Owner | Bertelsmann Stiftung |
Number of employees | 164,691 (2022) |
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Website | www |
Footnotes / references Annual Report 2022 |
The Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Bertelsmann (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁtl̩sˌman] ), 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.[4][5]
Bertelsmann was founded as a publishing house by Carl Bertelsmann in 1835.[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.[7] Its principal divisions include the RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments.[8]
Bertelsmann is an unlisted and capital market-oriented company,[9] which remains primarily controlled by the Mohn family.[10][11]