| Date of birth: |
02 March 1957 |
| May 1977 |
Abitur [A'levels / high school
graduation] Schule Schloss Salem |
| Aug. 1977 - Jan. 1980 |
Banking studies at Bankhaus
Dellbrück, Cologne Final examination as banker |
| Followed by |
Study of business administration in
Cologne up to intermediate diploma, parallel study of law in
Hamburg
Final examination law, 1st State Examination Entitlement to study
for a doctorate in Berlin |
| Traineeships |
1974 / 1975 13 weeks EXTEL Corp.,
Chicago
1982 Dow Jones (The Wall Street Journal)
1983 Economics editorial department DIE WELT, Bonn |
| Dec. 1987 - Feb. 1988 |
FAZ, Frankfurt |
| Jul. 1988 - Feb. 1989 |
Hannoversche Allgemeine / Neue
Presse, Hannover |
| Mar. - Apr. 1989 |
WAZ, NRZ, WP / WR |
| May - Jul. 1989 |
DWT / BDO Hamburg |
| Aug. 1989 - Dec. 1989 |
Bonner General Anzeiger |
| Jan. 1990 |
Start in the M. DuMont Schauberg
publishing company 4 weeks in all departments of the publishing
company, as well as the editorial departments of Kölner
Stadt-Anzeiger and EXPRESS |
| Feb. 1990 - Oct. 1991 |
Deputy head of small ads |
| Nov. 1991 - Aug. 1992 |
Deputy head of sales |
| Apr. 1990 |
Grant of a Prokura [special
statutory power] conferred on several persons at M. DuMont
Schauberg |
| 2. Sep. 1992 |
Appointment as group managing
director M. DuMont Schauberg, responsible for the area of
shareholdings |
| 20. Sep. 1999 |
Joint publisher of EXPRESS |
| June 2004 |
Appointment as spokesperson of
the managerial board of the shareholdings division |
| Jan. 2009 |
Appointment as managing director of the DuMont media group
Appointment as publisher of Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung
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