Summary
“You always saw the world as your workplace.”
In 2009, this was how Reinhard Mohn—the man who turned Bertelsmann AG from an unremarkable, postwar German business into a successful, international media conglomerate—described the professional dedication of his wife, Liz Mohn. Born into a seemingly hopeless world, this girl from Wiedenbrück, Germany, grew into a proactive woman who, following her late husband’s death, now represents the fifth generation of Bertelsmann’s ownership. She si…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780770436018 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0770436013 |
| Author: | Liz Mohn |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Crown Business |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 146mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Liz Mohn
LIZ MOHN represents the fifth generation of the Bertelsmann and Mohn founding families, following the death of her husband, Reinhard Mohn. She is the vice chair of the Bertelsmann Stiftung board. In addition, she has served as president of the Spain-based Fundaci n Bertelsmann since October 2005.
Her other activities at the Bertelsmann Stiftung focus on the annual Carl Bertelsmann Prize, the International Cultural Forum series, work/life balance issues, and initiatives concerning corporate leadership and culture.
At Bertelsmann AG, she is a member of the supervisory board, where she represents the founding Bertelsmann and Mohn families. In 1999, she joined the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft (BVG), which exercises the voting rights held by the Mohn family and the Bertelsmann Stiftung. She has been chair of the BVG executive board since 2002.
She is also involved in the Bertelsmann Relief Fund, the Medical Information Service, the German Stroke Foundation, and the Liz Mohn Foundation for Culture and Music, both of which she founded.
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