- Direct Group
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DirectGroup Bertelsmann GmbH Type Private Industry Media Founded 2000 Headquarters Gütersloh, Germany Key people Fernando Carro, CEO Products Media clubs
Publishing
BookstoresRevenue €1.245 billion (2009) Website www.directgroup-bertelsmann.com DirectGroup Bertelsmann is a division of Bertelsmann AG and operates book sales clubs, online shops, bookstore chains and publishers in 12 countries.
Its more than 15 million customers have generated sales of €1.245 billion in 2009. The company was formed in July 2000 and is led by CEO Fernando Carro.
Management
The Direct Group Executive Board consists of:
- Fernando Carro (Chief Executive Officer)
- Gerd Bührig (Executive Vice President)
- Niklas Darijtschuk (Chief Financial Officer)
- Jörg Hagen (French-speaking countries)
Bertelsmann Random House USACrown BroadwayBroadway · Crown · Clarkson Potter · Harmony · Three Rivers · Ten Speed · Waterbrook Multnomah · Watson-GuptillKnopf DoubledayRandom HouseChildren'sInformationUKArrow · BBC Books · The Bodley Head · Century · Chatto & Windus · Ebury · Harvill Secker · Hutchinson · Jonathan Cape · Mainstream · Rider · Tanoshimi · Vermilion · William Heinemann · Transworld · Virgin Books (90%)McClelland & Stewart (25%) · Random House Struik (with New Holland Publishers) · RH Mondadori (with Mondadori) · Plaza & Janés · Goldmann · SudamericanaRTL Group (90.3%) TVRTL Televizija (90%) · M6 (48.8%) · RTL Television · RTL II · Super RTL · VOX · n-tv · Alpha TV · RTL Klub · RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg · RTL Nederland · REN TV (30%)RadioProductionGruner + Jahr Gruner + JahrBrigitte · Capital · Essen & Trinken · Financial Times Deutschland · GEO · Eltern · Schöner Wohnen · Stern · Sächsische Zeitung (60%) · Der Spiegel (25%)Prisma PresseMotor Presse StuttgartNews (56%)News · Profilarvato Other assets BMG Rights Management (49%) · Direct Group
Category Categories:- Bertelsmann subsidiaries
- Media companies of Germany
- Book publishing companies of Germany
- Publishing companies established in 2000
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