Axel Springer SE
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Axel Springer SE is a European multinational mass and online media company, based in Berlin, Germany. The company offers printing and publishing of advertisements, digital classifieds portfolio, marke
Headquarters in Berlin
Front entrance to the Axel Springer headquarters building in West Berlin, 1977, with the Fritz Klimsch owl sculpture
Axel Springer building in Hamburg
Mathias Döpfner
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Mathias Döpfner is a German businessman, author, art collector, and journalist. He is the CEO of media group Axel Springer SE and, together with Friede Springer, holds 95% of the share in the company.
Axel Springer SE
…including its subsidiaries, joint ventures, and licenses, operates in more than 40 countries. The company was started in 1946 by journalist Axel Springer. Mathias Döpfner became its CEO in 2002. In 2004, Axel Springer company, the largest publishing house in Europe at that time, controlled the largest German market share…
Döpfner in 2023
(l. to r.) Düzen Tekkal, Friede Springer, Mathias Döpfner, Kai Diekmann, and Julian Reichelt on the roof of the US Embassy in Berlin (2019)