Facts & Figures

Business Areas
Television and radio; book publishers; magazines and newspapers; media and communication services; media clubs and direct marketing.

Divisions
RTL Group (Luxembourg), Random House, Inc. (New York), Gruner + Jahr (Hamburg), Arvato (Gütersloh), Direct Group (Gütersloh)

Executive Board
Hartmut Ostrowski (Chairman and CEO; Direct Group)
Rolf Buch (Arvato)
Bernd Buchholz (Gruner + Jahr)
Markus Dohle (Random House)
Thomas Rabe (CFO)
Gerhard Zeiler (RTL Group)

Headquarters
Bertelsmann AG
Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 270
33311 Gütersloh
Deutschland

Shareholders
Shareholders: Bertelsmann Stiftung (76.9%), Mohn family (23.1%)

Countries
Bertelsmann AG has operations in more than 50 countries.

Employees
106,083 (as of December 31, 2008)

Revenues*
16.1 billion

Revenues by business field
RTL Group: 35.0%; Random House: 10.4%; Gruner + Jahr: 16.8%; Arvato: 30.2%; Direct Group: 7.6%

Revenues by region
USA: 11.7%; Germany: 36.3%; Europe (excluding Germany): 47.7%; other countries: 4.3%

* Revenue figures relate to the fiscal year 2008

Market Positions
Bertelsmann AG is the world's most international media
company.

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