Bertelsmann
German multinational media, services and education company
Also known as Bertelsmann AG
- Instance of
- Country
- Founded
- July 1, 1835
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
155 statements · 30% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Headquarters
- Gütersloh coordinates: 51.9081°N, 8.4192°E
- Employees
- 164,691(2022)
- 145,027(2021)
- 132,842(2020)
- 126,447(2019) criterion used: fiscal year
- 117,220(2018) criterion used: fiscal year
- 119,089(2017) criterion used: fiscal year
- 116,434(2016) criterion used: fiscal year
- 117,249(2015) criterion used: fiscal year
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- 111,763(2014) criterion used: fiscal year
- 111,763(2013) criterion used: fiscal year
- 104,286(2012) criterion used: fiscal year
- 100,626(2011) criterion used: fiscal year
- 104,419(2010) criterion used: fiscal year
- Director / manager
- Hartmut Ostrowski(2008–2011) followed by: Thomas Rabe
- Gunter Thielen(2002–2007) followed by: Hartmut Ostrowski
- Thomas Middelhoff(1998–2002) followed by: Gunter Thielen
- Mark Wössner(1983–1998) followed by: Thomas Middelhoff
- Manfred Fischer(1981–1983) followed by: Mark Wössner
- Reinhard Mohn(1971–1981) followed by: Manfred Fischer
- Revenue
- €20.2B(2022)
- €18.7B(2021)
- €17.3B(2020)
- €18B(2019) criterion used: fiscal year
- €17.7B(2018) criterion used: fiscal year
- €17.2B(2017) criterion used: fiscal year
- €16.9B(2016) criterion used: fiscal year
- €17.1B(2015) criterion used: fiscal year
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- €16.7B(2014) criterion used: fiscal year
- €16.2B(2013) criterion used: fiscal year
- €16.1B(2012) criterion used: fiscal year
- €15.4B(2011) criterion used: fiscal year
- Child organization or unit
- BMG Records, GmbH
- BMG Ariola S.p.A.
- BMG Ricordi S.p.A.
- Bertelsmann Music Group Limited(1980–1980)
- Eurodisc Music Group Limited(1980–1987)
- BMG Records (UK) Limited(1987–1996)
- BMG Entertainment International UK & Ireland Limited(1996–2002)
- BMG UK & Ireland Limited(2002–2004)
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- BMG Music, Inc.
- 2 Entertain language: English
- Hutchinson
- Penguin Random House
- BMG Music Taiwan Inc. operating area: Taiwan
- Owner of
- Organizational division
- Bertelsmann Music Group(until 2008)
- Bertelsmann Marketing Services(since 2016)
- RTL Group(since 2016)
- Penguin Random House(since 2016)
- Gruner + Jahr(since 2016)
- BMG Rights Management(since 2016)
- Arvato(since 2016)
- Member of
- Stiftung Bildungspakt Bayern
1
- ICC Germany
3
Sources- 1.iccgermany.de/mitglieder/Retrieved 2021-05-05
- 2.Stated in Bundestag Lobby Register
- 3.Stated in Bundestag Lobby RegisterRetrieved 2025-10-19
- Afrika-Verein
1
- Atlantik-Brücke
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Bundestag Lobby Register
- 2.Stated in Bundestag Lobby RegisterRetrieved 2025-10-19
- Deutsch-Französische Industrie- und Handelskammer
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Bundestag Lobby Register
- 2.Stated in Bundestag Lobby RegisterRetrieved 2025-10-19
- German Council on Foreign Relations
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Bundestag Lobby Register
- 2.Stated in Bundestag Lobby RegisterRetrieved 2025-10-19
- Gesellschaft für Datenschutz und Datensicherheit
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Bundestag Lobby Register
- 2.Stated in Bundestag Lobby RegisterRetrieved 2025-10-19
- Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Bundestag Lobby Register
- 2.Stated in Bundestag Lobby RegisterRetrieved 2025-10-19
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- Stiftung Bildungspakt Bayern
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 392,923(November 24, 2025) youtube channel id: UC9FBcr1IUmq2-2hG0yc3CAA · youtube handle: bertelsmann
1
- 392,923(November 24, 2025) youtube channel id: UC9FBcr1IUmq2-2hG0yc3CAA · youtube handle: bertelsmann
On other databases
41 identifiers linking Bertelsmann across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM person/group ID30100
- CiNii Research ID1140282266823226752
- Crunchbase organization IDbertelsmann
- Discogs label ID353658
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDtopic/Bertelsmann-AG
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)4avUUd
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)54025
- Facebook usernameBertelsmann
- FactGrid item IDQ404944
- Fandom article IDlogos:Bertelsmann
- FES digital collections entity ID361241
- Freebase ID/m/011kxt
- GND ID2047595-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDbertelsmann-verlag
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0009577
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBertelsmann
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)1861489
- Harper's tagbertelsmann
- IdRef ID026643995
- Instagram usernamebertelsmann_erleben
- ISNI0000000121750116
- J9U entity ID987007449272105171
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn81107096
- LinkedIn company or organization IDbertelsmann
- Lobbying Register of the German Bundestag IDR002001
- Lobbypedia IDBertelsmann_SE
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)8551375
- Museum-digital person/organization ID272973
- MusicBrainz label ID86d60b2d-2712-4c22-800c-ecf5327ee2f5
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA04134938
- NL CR AUT IDko2016904102
- Quora topic IDBertelsmann
- Ringgold ID3656
- Treccani IDbertelsmann
- VIAF cluster ID143859961
- X (Twitter) usernameBertelsmann_com
- XING company IDbertelsmann
- Yale LUX IDgroup/6daf4554-c7e1-4375-81fd-e9e37f200cba
- YouTube channel IDUC9FBcr1IUmq2-2hG0yc3CAA
- YouTube handlebertelsmann
- Zhihu topic ID19634437