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Axel Springer and KKR in talk to break up media empire, Financial Times reports

Published on 07/12/2024 at 12:00 am IST

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Axel Springer and KKR in talk to break up media empire, Financial Times reports

July 11 (Reuters) - German billionaire Mathias Döpfner and private equity group KKR are negotiating a break-up of media conglomerate Axel Springer, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)

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Mathias Döpfner

Mathias Döpfner is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Axel Springer SE since 2002 and at Axel Springer Schweiz AG since 2013.
He is CEO of Axel Springer Digital GmbH, Chairman of eMarketer, Inc., Co-Chairman of Business Insider, Inc., Independent Director at Netflix, Inc. since 2018 and Warner Music Group Corp.
since 2014.
He is Managing Director at Brillant 310 GmbH and "Axel Springer Verlag" Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH.
He serves as Director at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Co-Managing Director at B.Z.
Ullstein GmbH, Trustee at American Academy in Berlin GmbH, and Member at St. John's College, Cambridge since 2010.
Former roles include Independent Non-Executive Director at Vodafone Group Plc from 2015 to 2018, Independent Director at Time Warner, Inc. from 2006 to 2018, Director-Supervisory Board at Bayer Schering Pharma AG and ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, Director-Supervisory Board at UniCredit Bank GmbH from 2004 to 2008, Independent Non-Executive Director at BHF Kleinwort Benson Group SA from 2012 to 2015, Director at Ozy Media, Inc., Member-Supervisory Board at Aufeminin SAS, Head-International Business at Gruner + Jahr Deutschland GmbH, Principal at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH, Chief Editor at Hamburger Morgenpost from 1996 to 1998, Chief Editor at WELT am SONNTAG from 1998 to 2000, Member-Supervisory Board at Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG, and Strategic Advisor at I2PO SA.

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AXEL SPRINGER SE	Chief Executive Officer
Axel Springer Digital GmbH Axel Springer Digital GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Axel Springer Digital invests in companies located in Europe, Israel and the United States. The firm focuses on portals, marketplaces, and media. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements and also makes co-investments.	Chief Executive Officer