[225] At that time, the print and industry sectors at Bertelsmann were restructured, whereby services received a higher priority than the print and machinery sector back then. [28] Reinhard Mohn, one of his three sons, took over the C. Bertelsmann Verlag, as Hans Heinrich Mohn had been killed in the war and Sigbert Mohn was still a prisoner of war. [266] In addition to social responsibility, tax considerations played a role in this. [12], The nucleus of the corporation is the C. Bertelsmann Verlag, a publishing house established in 1835 by Carl Bertelsmann in Gütersloh. [199], Penguin Random House is the world's largest book publishing company. [284], Worldwide, with all divisions, Bertelsmann has almost 350 locations. [184], In January 2021, Bertelsmann began to explore selling its controlling stake in the French television channel M6. [193] In addition, production companies, such as Fremantle, are part of the RTL Group. [68] From 1995, there was a new business division of multimedia at Bertelsmann. [64] In 1986, Bertelsmann acquired a majority in RCA Records and merged its activities in the music market with the new Bertelsmann Music Group. [70] For example, in 1989 the first branch outlet of the Club Bertelsmann opened in Dresden. [264] As early as the 1970s and 1980s, the Mohn family built up the Bertelsmann Stiftung,[265] which has owned the majority of shares in Bertelsmann since 1993. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. [10][11] The company's key principles are creativity and entrepreneurship. [90] In 1999, Bertelsmann acquired the publisher Springer Science+Business Media, which, among other things, was the market leader for mathematics and physics. The general partner is a European stock corporation (Societas Europaea). Er zählt zu den weltweit größten Medienunternehmen und ist auch in der Dienstleistungsbranche und im Bildungsbereich aktiv. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. [144][145] Gruner + Jahr was taken over completely by Bertelsmann in 2014. [199], BMG is a music publishing company based in Berlin. [91][92] In the year 2000, Bertelsmann dissolved its joint venture with AOL Europe. 80.9 percent of capital shares in Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Foundations are indirectly held by foundations, with the remaining 19.1 percent held indirectly by the Mohn family. [32] Customers ordered books via subscription and in return received discounted prices. Bertelsmann-Unternehmen 1.137 Personen eine Berufsausbildung. [199], The Bertelsmann Investments division bundles Bertelsmann's startup investments. Together, they own 100 percent in the general assemblies of the group company (Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA) and its general partner (Bertelsmann Management SE). In 1956, the company entered the music market with the Bertelsmann Schallplattenring (record club). From 1975 to 1980, for example, the return on sales fell below one percent. [156] In 2017, Bertelsmann also undertook moves to further strengthen its core business, among other things increasing its share in Penguin Random House from 53 to 75 percent. [155], Bertelsmann diversified its base in 2016 by introducing a structure consisting of eight divisions. Bertelsmann is taking the necessary steps – worldwide and across all divisions – to protect the health of its employees, provide comprehensive and reliable information through its media, and maintain system-relevant services and production processes. [96] Later, Bertelsmann secured the majority of the shares in RTL through a share swap with the Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL), which as a result owned 25.1% of Bertelsmann. [243] The acquisition of Relias Learning in 2014 formed the cornerstone for the Bertelsmann Education Group and was the largest acquisition by Bertelsmann since the purchase of Random House. Pressemitteilung | Gütersloh, 26.03.2021 Neue Teams für neue Themen: Bertelsmann stellt Unternehmenskommunikation flexibel und vollständig digital auf Disclaimer Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA published this content on 26 March 2021 and is solely responsible for the … [15], During the Third Reich, the publishing house gained a prominent position with its affordable "Bertelsmann Volksausgaben" ("people's editions"). [216] In 2019, sales of Gruner + Jahr totaled €1.355 billion. [164] The heads of the division's individual "Solution Groups" have reported directly to members of the Bertelsmann Executive Board ever since. [67] As a result, the group ascended to become a well-known international company, and Bertelsmann was temporarily the world's largest media group. 116 talking about this. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates and also active in the service sector and education. The C. Bertelsmann Verlag focused on nonfiction books, in particular dictionaries, guidebooks, reference books and journals. [133] In 2008, Bertelsmann acquired the rights to the Brockhaus Encyclopedia,[134] and from that time on, this reference work was published by the Wissen Media Verlag. 4 talking about this. Pressekontakt: Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Andreas Grafemeyer Leiter Medien- und Wirtschaftsinformation Tel. [171] Bertelsmann, itself a strong advocate of lifelong learning, donated tens of thousands of Udacity scholarships in 2017 and 2019 to enable the advanced training of talented participants, in fields including Big Data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Vorstand Thomas Rabe: So will Bertelsmann mit Google und Co. mithalten Von Carsten Germis , Berlin - Aktualisiert am 26.03.2019 - 10:35 [21] Jewish slave laborers were not forced to work in Gütersloh, but in printing plants in Lithuania with which the C. Bertelsmann Verlag cooperated. In the 1990s, critical questions arose as to the role of Bertelsmann in the Third Reich. Profit of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA 2018-2019, by division Revenue of the Bertelsmann SE & Co. KgaA 2019-2020, by segment New York Times Company's net income Q1 2010 - Q3 2020 Ausgewählte Kapitel aus dem Bertelsmann Konzernabschluss 2019 finden Sie hier digital aufbereitet. [199], Arvato is an international service provider. Bertelsmann ist ein Medien-, Dienstleistungs- und Bildungsunternehmen, das in rund 50 Ländern der Welt aktiv ist. [46] To this day, it has remained the Bertelsmann headquarters, referred to as the Bertelsmann Corporate Center. [241] It was established in 2015 and has its headquarters in New York City. [129][130] Bertelsmann sold its shares of the record label Sony BMG,[131][132] and since then the company has operated under the name of Sony Music Entertainment. [34], In 1959, the C. Bertelsmann Verlag was restructured: From that point on, theological literature was published in the Gütersloher Verlagshaus, a new publishing house which was consolidated with the Rufer Verlag. [252] Subsequently, the company was transformed into a partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien). [201] With the acquisition of Random House in 1998, Bertelsmann already became the largest book publisher in the English-speaking world. The subsequent purchase of approximately fifty per cent of Penguin Random House in two separate deals of 2017 and 2019, after Penguin Random House had only recently achieved record revenue and sales (more than twice as much as 2011, [304]), must be called into question. [88] Random House was merged with Bantam Doubleday Dell,[89] and the global headquarters of all Bertelsmann publishing houses were relocated to New York City. Bertelsmann has undergone constant change in the past and will continue to do so in the future as it perpetuates its growth and success story. [44] In 1972, this company moved from Gütersloh to Munich. [124] This measure was also financed with the sale of the music rights business to Vivendi. Bertelsmann is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. market. [301] Historian Volker Ullrich proclaimed in the weekly Die Zeit that the notion of the company's being "a resistance publisher" was clearly baseless. [271][272] Other members of the executive board include Markus Dohle, Immanuel Hermreck, Bernd Hirsch and Anke Schäferkordt. [182], In November 2020, it has been reported that Bertelsmann will acquire the American publisher Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for more than $2 billion. [277] From the family, Liz Mohn and Brigitte Mohn are also members of the supervisory boards of … [22][23] In 1944, the Reichsschrifttumskammer (Reich Chamber of Literature) closed the publishing house to "mobilize all powers for victory". Ulrich Bähr, Juli Biemann, Philipp Hentschel, Jule Lietzau Coworking im ländlichen Raum Menschen, Modelle, Trends 1. Leider kann ich die Rufnummer nicht blockieren, weil anonym. Fiction, poetry and art came under the roof of Sigbert Mohn Verlag. [190] The company runs a commercial private television and radio channels in several countries, including RTL and VOX in Germany. [212] Bertelsmann has had a stake in Gruner + Jahr since 1969. Über Bertelsmann Bertelsmann ist ein Medien-, Dienstleistungs- und Bildungsunternehmen, das in rund 50 … The Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA supervises the management team through Bertelsmann Management SE. [210] The businesses in the United States have been sold in the meantime,[211] and in terms of revenue, Germany and France are the most important markets. [229] To this day, Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung (VVA) has belonged to Arvato. [162][163], Arvato was aligned more closely with the Group through changes in management, among other measures. Informationen rund um das internationale Medienunternehmen mit seinen Unternehmensbereichen RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr und Arvato; ausführliche Informationen für Journalisten im Pressezentrum der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA sowie alles rund um das Thema Corporate Responsibility bei Bertelsmann. . [199], From 1971 to 2012, Bertelsmann was a joint stock company under German law (Aktiengesellschaft). Euro. [194] In January 1997, Bertelsmann merged the UFA film and television company with Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT). Its core markets are in Europe and the United States, beyond which the Group is strengthening its involvement in China, India and Brazil. [56] With this move, Bertelsmann, for the first time, was led by a manager who was not a member of the owner family. [114][115] Gruner + Jahr sold the Berliner Zeitung,[116] and the scientific publisher, BertelsmannSpringer,[117] was spun off. [65] Sonopress, a company established in 1958 to manufacture records, was not part of the Bertelsmann Music Group, rather it was assigned to the print and industrial division. [4][5], Bertelsmann was founded as a publishing house by Carl Bertelsmann in 1835. [203] The German Verlagsgruppe Random House (Goldmann, Heyne and others), based in Munich, is not part of Penguin Random House,[204] yet it does belong to the same division at Bertelsmann. The BMG catalog encompasses rights to works by artists such as Céline Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Ronan Keating and Britney Spears. Two years later, Ariola, one of the most successful German record labels was launched,[36] and virtually at the same time, the Sonopress record pressing plant was established. [178], In 2019, Bertelsmann also boosted cooperation in the German content market by establishing the Content Alliance,[179] headed up by Julia Jäkel. Zum Konzernverbund gehören die Fernsehgruppe The Executive Board is responsible for managing the company. [121] With this transaction, the stakeholders sought to respond to declining sales in the music market. Bertelsmann und Saham planen ihre weltweiten CRM-Geschäfte zusammenzulegen Beide Partner halten je 50 Prozent der Anteile des neuen Unternehmens Globale Präsenz in 25 Ländern; führende Marktpositionen in Europa, Afrika und dem Nahen Osten [48] Larger acquisitions became practically impossible. [76] Prior to that, Bertelsmann had already acquired a direct share in America Online. [286] Over the past years, the group has increasingly focused on the newly industrialized nations of Brazil, China and India. Die Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA ist ein internationaler Konzern mit Sitz in Gütersloh und weiteren Zentralen in New York, Peking, Neu-Delhi und São Paulo. [16] In particular, war adventure books such as Werner von Langsdorff's "Fliegerbuch" on aviation were a commercial success. [195] The company is listed on the stock exchange and has been majority-owned by Bertelsmann since 2001. [287] In Brazil, efforts have been aimed at expanding activities above all in the field of education. [237] Bertelsmann Printing Group includes not only GGP Media, Mohn Media, Prinovis, Sonopress, Vogel Druck and several other companies, but also Be Printers. Informationen rund um das internationale Medienunternehmen mit seinen Unternehmensbereichen RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr und Arvato; ausführliche Informationen für Journalisten im Pressezentrum der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA sowie alles rund um das Thema Corporate Responsibility bei Bertelsmann. [253] Bertelsmann's rationale for this move, among others, was the aim of opening up for investors,[254] thus enabling them to participate in the financing of additional growth. [72] In 1993, Reinhard Mohn transferred the majority of capital shares to the Bertelsmann Stiftung and assumed its chairmanship. [200] The company was created in 2013 through the merger of the publishing businesses of Bertelsmann and Pearson. [101][102] The aim of the acquisition, among other things,[103] was to stem the illegal spread of copyrighted material. [242] It includes, for example, the Alliant International University and Relias Learning. [206] Since 2020, Bertelsmann owns 100% of the company. [231][232] The main headquarters of Arvato is Gütersloh, and additional locations exist in 22 countries, including China and the United States. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world. [238] Be Printers is in turn a spin-off of Arvato, created in 2012, in order to consolidate the group's printing business. [50], The internationalization of Bertelsmann, initiated in the 1960s, was taken further:[51] Among other things, Bertelsmann acquired shares in the publishing houses Plaza & Janés[52] based in Barcelona and Bantam Books[53] from New York City. [157][158] Through the partial withdrawal of Pearson, Bertelsmann secured a strategic three-quarters majority in the world's leading trade publishing group. Besonders, seit er herausgefunden hat, wer hinter der diabolischen Idee steckt, Krankenhäuser in Profitcenter zu verwandeln. Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. [31] Under these conditions, in 1950 Bertelsmann launched the Lesering (book club) to stimulate sales. [259][260] Today, Bertelsmann is a company active in capital markets, issuing bonds, for example. [106][107] In order to finance additional growth of Bertelsmann, Thomas Middelhoff raised the idea of going public,[108] which led to fundamental disagreement with the Mohn family. [207] In 2019, the company achieved sales of €3.636 billion. [278], Since the 1970s, the Bertelsmann headquarters have been in the Gütersloh district of Avenwedde, and its layout encompasses some 26,100 square meters. [230] What's more, today Arvato offers services, for example, in the areas of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and finance, as well as information technology. [37] With the Kommissionshaus Buch & Ton (book and audio commissioning company), from which the Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung (VVA) emerged, Bertelsmann laid the cornerstone for its service business. Bertelsmann erleben - Erlebe die Vielfalt der Bertelsmann Konzernfamilie. [226][227] Since the 1950s, Bertelsmann has been an active service provider,[228] delivering books for other publishing companies, for example. [24] Another essential reason for this was criminal paper racketeering by some publisher's employees,[25] which led to a trial in 1944. Besides the headquarter in Gütersloh (Germany), Bertelsmann has Corporate Center in Berlin and New York (USA). Bertelsmann Stiftung (Hrsg.) Konzern-Gewinn- und … Bertelsmann does business in the media and services sectors of about 50 countries around the world. Den gesamten Geschäftsbericht 2019 finden Sie als PDF-Blätterkatalog hier . [234][235] It is Europe's largest player in the industry. [59][60], Mark Wössner brought the subsidiaries closer to headquarters in Gütersloh. Bertelsmann aspires to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. Mit rund 130.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern erzielte das Unternehmen im Geschäftsjahr 2020 einen Umsatz von 17,3 Mrd. [142][143] In the year 2013, Penguin Random House became the world's largest publishing company. [136][137] In 2012, Bertelsmann went from being an AG to its current incorporation as a partnership limited by shares ("Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien" or "KGaA"), with the general partner being a European stock corporation ("Societas Europaea" or "SE"). [149][150] The company belongs to the Bertelsmann Education Group, established in 2015. [80] With CLT-UFA, Bertelsmann was able to decisively diversify its business. Mit rund 130.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern erzielte das Unternehmen im Geschäftsjahr 2020 einen Umsatz von 17,3 Mrd. This is true for Bertelsmann’s strategy as well. [104] In 2001, the service nonetheless had to be shut down due to legal disputes. [246][247] With Bertelsmann Asia Investments,[248] Bertelsmann Brazil Investments and Bertelsmann India Investments,[249] three additional funds exist that are active in the growth regions defined by the holding. [236] The corporate group is located in Gütersloh. [295] Thomas Middelhoff portrayed Bertelsmann as one of the few non-Jewish media companies shut down by the National Socialists because it allegedly published subversive literature. [274] Some members of the media noted that a relatively large number of women have been appointed to the Group Management Committee. [257][258] This move was not ultimately implemented, however. [84], This management change coincided with the takeover of Random House. 80.9 percent of capital shares in Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Foundations are indirectly held by foundations, with the remaining 19.1 percent held indirectly by the Mohn family. [168], The growing education business was strengthened in 2018 through the acquisition of the U.S. provider OnCourse Learning,[169] one of the Group's biggest deals in the U.S. Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments is based in Gütersloh and since 2014 has concentrated mainly on the United States. Euro, den höchsten Wert seit zwölf Jahren - … In 2013, Christoph Mohn assumed the chairmanship of both bodies. [119][120] Bertelsmann and Sony each owned half the shares. Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaACarl-Bertelsmann-Straße 27033311 Gütersloh, Phone: +49 (0) 5241-80-0Fax: +49 (0) 5241-80-62321. [43] The increasingly diversifying book publishers were bundled in the Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann publishing group at the end of the 1960s. Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Income statement for the financial year from January 1 to December 31, 2019 Notes 2019 2018 € € millions Revenues 12 112,838,921.19 115 Capitalized cost 8,348.00 – Other operating income 13 188,863,066.54 202 The company has around 130,000 employees and generated revenues of €17.3 billion in the 2020 financial year. [153][154] In 2016, the printing business was bundled in the Bertelsmann Printing Group. The company strives to act sustainably and responsibly towards the business community, its employees, society, and the environment. Ties to National Socialist organizations were initially denied. [61][62] In particular, this involved business development and controlling. Its tasks include setting business targets, the Group's strategic direction, corporate governance, corporate planning and corporate financing. A merger with Axel Springer, also planned at the time, for which a loan for millions had been taken out temporarily from Westdeutsche Landesbank,[41] failed in 1970. Es geht um Bertelsmann und Kollegen und ich soll die Taste 1 drücken. Bertelsmann und Co.: Was ist los im Gesundheitssystem? [183] In December 2020, Bertelsmann entered talks to sell the French magazine publisher Prisma Media, a division of Gruner + Jahr, to Vivendi. [38] In 1964, Bertelsmann purchased the already broken-up UFA from the Deutsche Bank and built on its presence in cinema and television. The Public Affairs officers contribute their expertise in debates and decision-making processes, and conduct an open dialog with the public and private sectors / business, politics and civic society. Bertelsmann steht für Kreativität und Unternehmertum. [189], RTL Group is a leading European entertainment providers, based in Luxembourg. [298] This was headed by Saul Friedländer, and additional members were Norbert Frei, Trutz Rendtorff and Reinhard Wittmann. [77][78] The multimedia division also included mediaWays and Pixelpark. In the 1970s, financing requirements reached their peak. Bertelsmann steht für Kreativität und Unternehmertum. [300] The company's "shut-down as a publisher of the resistance" could not be proven. [213] Bertelsmann gradually purchased shares from Richard Gruner, Gerd Bucerius and John Jahr. [191][192] In 2015, with the RTL Digital Hub, the company launched a dedicated unit for web videos. [39][40] In 1969, Bertelsmann acquired shares in the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr. Markus Harbaum [221] Since 2013, BMG has once again become a fully owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann. [239] The business has been under pressure for years due to declining print editions. [214] In 1976, Bertelsmann held 74.9% of Gruner + Jahr. [85][86][87] With this, the group advanced to become the largest publishing group in the English-speaking world. [281] The building was re-sold in 2004. [224] In 2019, BMG had revenues of €600 million. [187] In 2016, Bertelsmann introduced a new structure of eight divisions:[188] RTL Group (television and radio), Penguin Random House (book publishing), Gruner + Jahr (magazines), BMG (music rights), Arvato (services), Bertelsmann Education Group (education), Bertelsmann Printing Group (printing) and Bertelsmann Investments (investments). Information about the international media enterprise and it's corporate divisions RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr, Arvato; detailed information for journalists in the Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA's Press Center as well as everything about Corporate Responsibility activities at Bertelsmann. [267][268] Moreover, this strategy was intended to preserve the continuity of the company. [270] The Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (BVG) has key influence on the whole group: It bundles all the voting rights of the Mohn family and foundations with ownership shares. 96 talking about this. [135] At the end of 2011, Hartmut Ostrowski suddenly announced that he was leaving Bertelsmann for unspecified personal reasons. [222][223] In 2016, BMG became a division of Bertelsmann. [218][219] Following the sale of Sony BMG, Bertelsmann had retained the rights to 200, mainly European, artists. und auf Twitter @KKR_Co. [199], Gruner + Jahr is an internationally operating magazine publisher based in Hamburg. Dr. Juergen Kraemer, former Finance Minister of West Germany, who had previously headed up management of Gruner + Jahr, became the new chairman and chief executive officer. The office buildings were erected in 1976 and expanded in 1990. Informationen rund um das internationale Medienunternehmen mit seinen Unternehmensbereichen RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr und Arvato; ausführliche Informationen für Journalisten im Pressezentrum der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA sowie alles rund um das Thema Corporate Responsibility bei Bertelsmann. [58] The affair concerning the forged Hitler diaries occurred at the beginning of his tenure, which damaged the reputation of Gruner + Jahr and Bertelsmann as a whole. [14] The C. Bertelsmann Verlag, originally specialized in theological literature, expanded its publications to include school and textbooks, and in the 1920s and 1930s increasingly entered into the field of light fiction. [35] In the 1950s and 1960s, Bertelsmann expanded its activities into new business areas. [71] The later development of Bertelsmann in the 1990s was marked by the spread of the Internet as a mass medium, as well as changes to the ownership structure. [73] The foundation itself was financed by profits of the company. [82] Thomas Middelhoff had previously already been a member of the management board of the multimedia division. [68], In the financial year of 1990/1991, Bertelsmann had over 45,000 employees and reached sales of 14.5 billion Deutsche Mark annually. At the same time, there was an increasing saturation of the German market for the Bertelsmann Lesering,[49] whereas the foreign book clubs earned the lion's share of revenues in this corporate division. [303] In October 2002 the Bertelsmann conglomerate publicly expressed regret for its "conduct under the Nazis, and for later efforts to cover it up". [251] In 2019, sales reached €13 million. Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft controls all voting rights at the General Meeting. [6] After World War II, Bertelsmann, under the leadership of Reinhard Mohn, went from being a medium-sized enterprise to a major conglomerate, offering not only books but also television, radio, music, magazines and services. In the United States, a location was established for Ariola and Arista Records was acquired. Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA is a partnership limited by shares. [55] In 1981, he finally moved over to the supervisory board. [54] In the period of the 1979–1980 recession, there was discussion concerning the succession of Reinhard Mohn. After it became known that erroneous, or at least inadequate, statements had been made, Heinrich Mohn stepped down as the head of the publishing house. Vorstand Thomas Rabe: So will Bertelsmann mit Google und Co. mithalten Von Carsten Germis, Berlin-Aktualisiert am 26.03.2019-10:35 Bildbeschreibung … [113] For example, Bertelsmann sold unprofitable e-commerce firms like the online shop of Barnes & Noble, among others. [170] OnCourse Learning offers continuing education and professional development by providing digital courses for healthcare and financial services clients. [66] With Doubleday, another well-known publishing house was acquired. [186] This means that the divisions largely work independently. [94] In the same year, Bertelsmann and Pearson formed the RTL Group from their TV subsidiaries. [165] The company weighed its strategic options for the Customer Relationship Management business, and in 2018 established a CRM company in cooperation with the Saham Group:[166][167] The new company, Majorel, enjoys a leading market position in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries. [7] Its principal divisions include the RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr, BMG, Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments. New challenges call for new answers. Bertelsmann setzt Wachstumskurs fort und erzielt operatives Rekordergebnis zum Halbjahr 2019 Gütersloh (ots) - - Umsatzanstieg auf 8,6 Mrd. At every stage in its history, Bertelsmann has successfully managed technological innovation, changing user habits and market upheavals, including the current mega-trend of digitization. [30] After currency reform in 1948, there was a market slump in the book trade that also led to the next existential crisis for the C. Bertelsmann Verlag. [280] In 1992, Bertelsmann purchased the Bertelsmann Building in New York City and located its North American headquarters there. The new legal entity does not change any of the ownership of Bertelsmann. [29] In 1947, the Allies finally granted the company a publishing license. [275][276] Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Bertelsmann Management SE each have a supervisory board that oversees the management. [233] In 2019, sales of Arvato reached a volume of €4.175 billion. [283] As part of international activities, Bertelsmann established additional locations at the corporate level (Corporate Centers) in Beijing (2006), New Delhi (2012) and São Paulo (2012).