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Brigitte Mohn

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Brigitte Mohn
Mohn in 2016
Born
Brigitte Scholz

(1964-06-28) June 28, 1964 (age 60)
Stuttgart-Degerloch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Board member of
Parents

Brigitte Mohn (née Scholz, born June 28, 1964) is a German businesswoman and a member of the Mohn family that has a significant influence on Bertelsmann group and the Bertelsmann Stiftung.[1][2][3] Mohn is also chair of the German Stroke Foundation [de]'s executive board.[4]

Life

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Brigitte Mohn is one of three children of Liz and Reinhard Mohn.[5][6] After completing her secondary education in 1984, Mohn studied political science, art history and German philology at the universities of Bamberg, Münster and Augsburg.[7][8] In 1993, she received her doctorate from the Witten-Herdecke University.[1] In 2001, she completed an MBA at Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany, and the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois, United States.[9]

Career

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Brigitte Mohn began her career in 1993 as an editor at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.[10] Then she worked for Random House in the United States and Canada.[11][12] From 1997 to 1998, Mohn was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Hamburg, Germany, before moving to Switzerland for her job at Pixelpark [de] until 2000.[8]

In December 2001, Mohn was appointed chair of the executive board of the German Stroke Foundation,[1] which was established by her mother, Liz Mohn, in 1993.[13][14] After joining the Bertelsmann Stiftung in 2002,[12] Mohn was appointed to the management board at the beginning of 2005.[15][16] She oversees programs covering health, communities and civil society, for example.[17]

In 2008, Mohn took a significant role at Bertelsmann group: She joined the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft,[18][19] which controls the voting rights at the shareholders' meeting;[20] additionally, she was appointed to the group's supervisory board, where Mohn represents the sixth generation of the owner family.[21][22]

Other activities

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Awards

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  • 2009: Ethics in Business Award[26][27]
  • 2018: Erika Pitzer Prize[28]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Brigitte Mohn". Internationales Biographisches Archiv (in German). Munzinger. May 30, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Bertelsmann: Medienmonarchie aus Gütersloh". Handelsblatt (in German). January 30, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Schön & klug: Die Bertelsfrauen". Bunte (in German). April 24, 2003. p. 56.
  4. ^ "Kuratorium" (in German). Stiftung Deutsche Schlaganfall-Hilfe. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  5. ^ Matthew Karnitschnig (December 8, 2003). "Die komplizierte Romanze der Liz Mohn". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  6. ^ Günther Bähr, Tatjana Meier (December 8, 2003). "Bertelsmann: Szenen einer Ehe". Focus (in German). p. 188.
  7. ^ Petra Schlitt (August 27, 2007). "Brigitte Mohn: Vom Imperium befreit". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  8. ^ a b Nina Klöckner (October 31, 2007). "Die Vielseitige: Nicht ohne meine Familie". Financial Times Deutschland (in German). p. 30.
  9. ^ Jon Christoph Berndt (October 17, 2008). "Bertelsmann-Erbin Brigitte Mohn: Mensch, Marke!". Handelsblatt (Perspektiven) (in German). p. 19.
  10. ^ Inga Michler (October 1, 2005). "Bertelsmann und die Familie Mohn" (in German). p. 11.
  11. ^ Stefan Brams (April 8, 2004). "Die Frühschwimmerin: Brigitte Mohn spricht über ihre Arbeit und ihr Leben". Neue Westfälische (in German).
  12. ^ a b Dagmar von Taube (August 4, 2002). "Die zweite "Bertelsfrau": Liz Mohn ist ihr großes Vorbild". Welt am Sonntag (in German). p. 12. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  13. ^ Pete Smith (August 28, 2009). "Wirksame Strategien gegen den Schlaganfall". Ärzte-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  14. ^ "Stiftung setzt auf Prävention und Aufklärung". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). June 2, 1998. p. 4.
  15. ^ Hans-Peter Siebenhaar (July 20, 2004). "Der langsame Aufstieg von Brigitte Mohn". Handelsblatt (in German). p. 16.
  16. ^ "Bertelsmann Stiftung neu organisiert". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). July 21, 2004. p. 11.
  17. ^ "Management board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung". Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  18. ^ "Bertelsmann: Mehr Macht für die Familie". Der Spiegel (in German). February 10, 2003. p. 81.
  19. ^ "Brigitte Mohn rückt auf". Neue Westfälische (in German). February 12, 2003.
  20. ^ "Reinhard Mohn verzichtet auf seine Stimmrechte". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). July 2, 1999. p. 13.
  21. ^ "Brigitte Mohn zieht in Aufsichtsrat ein". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). December 18, 2007. p. 7.
  22. ^ "Mohn im Aufsichtsrat". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). December 18, 2007. p. 23.
  23. ^ Peter Brors and Thomas Tuma (December 8, 2019), Lisa Ksienrzyk (December 9, 2019). "Dieses hochkarätige Team will den Startup-Verband umkrempeln". Gründerszene (in German). Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  24. ^ "Personalien: Wechsel im Rhön-Aufsichtsrat". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). May 17, 2002. p. 7.
  25. ^ Stefan Kritzer (August 20, 2020). "Münch verlässt Aufsichtsrat von Rhön-Klinikum". Main-Post (in German). p. 16.
  26. ^ "Brigitte Mohn: Einsatz für das Gemeinwohl". Handelsblatt (in German). November 21, 2016. p. 53.
  27. ^ "Ethics in Business Awards". World Forum for Ethics in Business. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  28. ^ "Brigitte Mohn erhält Erika-Pitzer-Preis". Süddeutsche Zeitung (dpa) (in German). September 5, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
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