Frank Wössner

Frank Wössner (born March 29, 1941 in Berlin ; † March 3, 2020 ) was a German manager .

Life

Wössner studied 1962-1968 economics in Cologne , Erlangen-Nuremberg and Freiburg . After graduating with a degree in business administration in 1969, he first worked in insurance, where he rose to become a board member of R + V Versicherung in Karlsruhe.

1985 Wössner moved to Bertelsmann as divisional director for the book and record community . In 1989 he was appointed to the group board with responsibility for the entire book division in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 1994 he became CEO of Bertelsmann Buch and was thus responsible for all the public publishers as well as the book and music clubs. After his brother Mark Wössner withdrew from his position as CEO in July 2000, Frank also left Bertelsmann. In addition to his work for the group, Wössner was a member of the Advisory Board of the Bertelsmann Foundation from 1986 to 1988 and the Board of Trustees of the German Stroke Foundation from 1993 to 2000 .

From 2003 Wössner was CEO of the Berlin Dussmann Group . In September 2005 Wössner retired early.

Awards

1993: “Doctor of the University” at the Open University Great Britain
1997: World Union for Progressive Judaism Gold Medal for Humanitarian Merit

1998: European Media Prize

1998: Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria

1999: Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Munich

Bavarian Order of Merit

2001: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class

2001: “ Munich shines ” culture award in gold

literature

Frank Wössner , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 14/2004 of April 3, 2004, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely available)

Individual evidence

↑ Frank Wössner. In: Book Market. March 6, 2020, accessed March 6, 2020 .
↑ Frank Wössner is dead. In: Börsenblatt. March 6, 2020, accessed March 6, 2020 .
↑ We mourn Frank Wössner. Bertelsmann Stiftung, March 6, 2020, accessed on March 6, 2020 .
^ Honorary Degree Awards 1973–2011 (list of honorary doctorates 1973–2011). (PDF; 211 KB) The Open University, archived from the original on December 13, 2013 ; Retrieved December 4, 2013 .
^ World Union for Progressive Judaism: Frank Wössner received the "International Humanitarian Award". In: Jewish News. HaGalil , November 11, 1998, accessed December 4, 2013 .
^ List of all bearers of the Honorary Sign of the Republic of Austria. (PDF; 6.59 MB) April 23, 2012, accessed December 4, 2013 .
^ Dies academicus of the Technical University of Munich: Honorary senator title to Frank Wössner. Uni-protocol.de, December 2, 1999, accessed December 4, 2013 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wössner, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German manager
DATE OF BIRTH	March 29, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 2020

[1] Frank Wössner. In: Book Market. March 6, 2020, accessed March 6, 2020 .

[2] Frank Wössner is dead. In: Börsenblatt. March 6, 2020, accessed March 6, 2020 .

[3] We mourn Frank Wössner. Bertelsmann Stiftung, March 6, 2020, accessed on March 6, 2020 .

[4] Honorary Degree Awards 1973–2011 (list of honorary doctorates 1973–2011). (PDF; 211 KB) The Open University, archived from the original on December 13, 2013 ; Retrieved December 4, 2013 .

[5] World Union for Progressive Judaism: Frank Wössner received the "International Humanitarian Award". In: Jewish News. HaGalil , November 11, 1998, accessed December 4, 2013 .

[6] List of all bearers of the Honorary Sign of the Republic of Austria. (PDF; 6.59 MB) April 23, 2012, accessed December 4, 2013 .

[7] Dies academicus of the Technical University of Munich: Honorary senator title to Frank Wössner. Uni-protocol.de, December 2, 1999, accessed December 4, 2013 .