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

Published on 12/07/2024 at 00:00

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

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