The Group and Its Divisions

Bertelsmann is a media, services, and education company with more than 75,000 employees that operates in some 50 countries around the world. It includes the entertainment group RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, the Bertelsmann Education Group, and Bertelsmann Investments.

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RTL Group

RTL Group is a leading entertainment company across broadcast, streaming, content and digital, with interests in 52  television channels, six  streaming services and 40 radio stations.

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Penguin Random House

Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade book publisher, is dedicated to its mission to ignite a universal passion for reading by creating books for everyone. Each year, it publishes around 14,500 new works and sells more than 750 million print books, e-books, and audiobooks.

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BMG

Founded in 2008, BMG reimagined the relationship between music companies, songwriters, and artists by offering fairer contracts, greater creative freedom, and unparalleled transparency in royalties and licensing.

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Arvato Group

Arvato Group is an internationally operating services group that develops and delivers customized solutions for a wide range of business processes for corporate clients across various industries in more than 30 countries.

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Bertelsmann Marketing Services

Bertelsmann Marketing Services is a cross-channel full-service provider for the advertising industry, bringing together all of Bertelsmann's digital marketing and printing activities.

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Bertelsmann Education Group

Bertelsmann Education Group comprises Bertelsmann’s education activities. The group’s companies focus on the healthcare and education sectors, in particular education and training, and deliver innovative ways of teaching and learning as well as performance management solutions for students, professionals, and organizations.

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Bertelsmann Investments

Bertelsmann Investments (BI), as a global investment platform dedicated to driving best-in-class returns and empowering entrepreneurship worldwide, bundles the venture capital activities of the Bertelsmann Group as well as the growth unit Bertelsmann Next.

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The Group and Its Divisions

RTL Group

Penguin Random House

BMG

Arvato Group

Bertelsmann Marketing Services

Bertelsmann Education Group

Bertelsmann Investments

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Markus Harbaum

Head of Communications Content Team