Thomas Rabe (Manager)

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Thomas Rabe (2015)

Thomas Rabe (born August 6, 1965 in Luxembourg ) is a German manager . It was 2006 in the Executive Board of Bertelsmann appointed, whose chairman he has been since 2012 found. Under his leadership, the group became more international, more digital and broader. In particular, he pushed the music rights business and the education sector. In 2019 he also took on the position of Chief Executive Officer of the RTL Group .

origin

Rabe was born in Luxembourg in 1965 and grew up in Brussels . From 1968 his father worked there as a civil servant for the European Coal and Steel Community . He attended the European School and was the bass player in a punk band as a teenager . After graduating from high school, Rabe studied economics at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen) and the University of Cologne until 1989 . In 1995 the business graduate did his doctorate on "Liberalization and Deregulation in the European Internal Market for Insurance".

Rabe speaks German , English , French , Dutch and Spanish . He lives in Gütersloh and Berlin and is married to a doctor. The couple collects modern art and acquired the Villa Nouvelle Maison in Tervuren near Brussels in 2015 . It is a former residence of Henry van de Velde .

He is a member of the Catholic student union AV Hansea (Berlin) Cologne .

Career

Rabe started his professional life at the European Commission in Brussels. From 1989 he worked for the General Directorate for Financial Institutions and Corporate Law. A year later, he and his manager moved to the law firm Forrester, Norall & Sutton, now part of White & Case . There he looked after clients from the European Union , the United States and Japan . In 1991 Rabe was employed by the Treuhand in Berlin. As part of this activity, he was responsible, among other things, for the privatization of the assets of the Ministry of State Security and the National People's Army . In 1993 he was promoted to Head of Controlling . Then Rabe worked as Head of Acquisitions at the investment company Neue Lander of the Association of German Banks to invest 400 million marks in East German companies. After completing his doctorate, Rabe signed up in 1996 as office manager of the CEO of the Luxembourg financial services provider Cedel International. He held other positions there before being named Chief Financial Officer in 1998 . In the following years he prepared the merger of Cedel International with Deutsche Börse Clearing to form Clearstream .

In 2000, Rabe moved to RTL Group as CFO . There he was also responsible for strategy and the Luxembourg television and radio business. Five years later, Bertelsmann finally brought him to Gütersloh. Rabe was appointed CFO on January 1, 2006. At the same time he was responsible for the Bertelsmann Music Group until 2008 . In addition, Rabe negotiated, among other things, the repurchase of the shares of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert , which prevented Bertelsmann from going public . The group also set up its own investment fund, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. Rabe later organized Bertelsmann's return to the music business. The fact that he included Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in BMG Rights Management was considered an important decision for further development.

Rabe was temporarily appointed as the future CEO of the media group ProSiebenSat.1 Media and the investment holding Franz Haniel & Cie. traded, but ultimately stayed with Bertelsmann. After Hartmut Ostrowski announced his retirement from the top of the board in 2011, Rabe was appointed as his successor with effect from January 1, 2012. With the appointment, Bertelsmann initiated a change in strategy towards stronger growth. Under the new leadership, Bertelsmann expanded to Brazil , China and India . A visible sign was the bundling of these activities in the Bertelsmann Investments division . In addition, Rabe succeeded in merging Penguin Books with Random House to form the world's largest book publisher, as well as purchasing the remaining shares in Gruner + Jahr . He expanded the education sector into another pillar of the business, which today operates under the name Bertelsmann Education Group . He brought the printing companies together in the Bertelsmann Printing Group . By 2016 he increased the number of corporate divisions to eight.

Rabe's contract as CEO of Bertelsmann runs until 2021. As Chief Executive Officer, he heads the RTL Group and has a seat on the Board of Directors of Penguin Random House . In addition, Rabe was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Symrise and is currently Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Adidas .

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Individual evidence

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  52. ↑ Thomas Rabe will lead Bertelsmann until 2021 . In: Rheinische Post . January 27, 2016.
  53. ^ Board of Directors. RTL Group, accessed on April 1, 2019 .
  54. ^ Board of Directors. Penguin Random House, accessed January 16, 2017 .
  55. ↑ Flavor manufacturer: Bertelsmann boss Rabe resigns chairmanship of the Symrise supervisory board. In: Handelsblatt. April 26, 2019, accessed March 23, 2020 .
  56. ↑ Bertelsmann boss Rabe should lead the Adidas supervisory board. In: Manager Magazin. February 13, 2020, accessed March 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Raven, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager, CEO of Bertelsmann, CEO of the RTL Group
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Luxembourg