Gunter Thielen
Gunter Thielen(born 4 August 1942 inQuierschied) was chairman and chief executive officer of theBertelsmann Stiftung.[1][2]
He graduated fromRWTH Aachen Universitywith a PhD in mechanical engineering and economics.[3]He was a manager atBASFfrom 1970 to 1976 and a technical director at the Wintershall refinery from 1976 to 1980.[4]
He was chief executive officer ofArvato AG,from 1985 to 2001. He wasCEOofBertelsmann AGfrom August 2002[5][6]until January 2008 when he was succeeded byHartmut Ostrowski.
In 2005, he received theJohns Hopkins UniversityGlobal Leadership Award.[7] He is on the International Advisory Board of theAtlantic Council.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Gunter Thielen Becomes Chairman and CEO of the Bertelsmann Stiftung".Bertelsmann Stiftung. 1 February 2008.Retrieved20 October2010.
- ^Gunter Thielen."Gunter Thielen: Executive Profile & Biography".BusinessWeek.Archived fromthe originalon 7 October 2012.Retrieved20 October2010.
- ^"Gunter Thielen 1942— Biography - Early success in leadership, Redirecting company policy, Hard line on profits".Referenceforbusiness.com.Retrieved20 October2010.
- ^"Gunter Thielen".Nndb.com.Retrieved20 October2010.
- ^Luo, Yadong (2007).Global Dimensions of Corporate Governance.Wiley-Blackwell.pp. 150–151.ISBN978-1-4051-3707-2.
- ^Gumbel, Peter (17 December 2004)."Gunther Thielen: Bertelsmann".Time.Archived fromthe originalon 28 December 2007.Retrieved20 October2010.
- ^The International Who's Who 2011, p. 2058
- ^"Dr. Gunter Thielen | Atlantic Council".Acus.org. Archived fromthe originalon 25 August 2010.Retrieved20 October2010.
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