Why Choose Us?
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More than 40 years of entrepreneurial experience in Germany, Europe, USA and Asia in the roles:
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Management
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Member of the Executive Board
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Chairman of the Executive Board
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Member of the Supervisory Board
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board
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Board Member
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Lead more than 120 transactions in the M & A sector including:
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Thomas was part of the Board, which led to the AOL-Time Warner merger (to date the world's largest merger)
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Development of RTL Group, to date the leading private TV/radio/production company in Europe
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Acquisition of Random House and formation of the world's largest book publishing company
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Launch, development and sale of AOL Europe, to date the largest cash profit in the digital world
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Purchase of Condor and formation of the Thomas Cook Group
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Merger of Thomas Cook Group with myTravel Group plc. led to the creation of the second largest tourism company in the world
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Acquisition and sale of Apcoa AG with a 12x multiple
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Sale of the Arcandor Real Estate Portfolio
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Sale of Mediaways (today part of Telefonica)
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Acquisition of Fremantle
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Formation of Sportfive, Europe's leading sports rights agency
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Loan Agreement of Napster
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Developments of Bertelmann AG under the tenure of Thomas Middelhoff
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Revenue increase by 8.3 bn Euro
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EBITA increased from 0.9 bn Euro to 3.2 bn Euro
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Total assets grow from 7.0 bn Euro to 22.0 bn Euro
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Sixfold increase of the shareholder equity
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Rise of the amount of employees from 54.700 to 82.100
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During his time as Chairman of the Executive Board at Bertelsmann AG:
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Most admired media company worldwide on the Fortune 100 list
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#1 on the list of most popular employers in Germany
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Under his tenure, the Bertelsmann conglomerate became one of the world's best-known digital content providers
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International network of investors from many years of activity as a manager and in the private equity area