Investment Summary

Bertelsmann Invests In Gruner + Jahr

On December 12, 1969, Bertelsmann invested in publishing company Gruner + Jahr

Investment Highlights
  • This is Bertelsmann’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Bertelsmann’s 1st transaction in Germany.

Investment Summary
Date 1969
Target Gruner + Jahr
Sector Publishing
Investor(s) Bertelsmann
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Gruner + Jahr

Hamburg, Germany
Gruner + Jahr GmbH is a magazine publisher. Gruner + Jahr products include established brands such as Stern, Geo, Brigitte, Essen & Trinken, and Schöner Wohnen as well as younger brands including Chefkoch, Barbara, Beef, and 1 Freunde. In total, Gruner + Jahr publishes around 500 print and digital media products across more than 20 countries. Gruner + Jahr is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Bertelsmann

Gutersloh, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1835
Sector Media
Employees132,842
Revenue 17.1B EUR (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Bertelsmann is a German multinational mass media corporation. Bertelsmann was founded in 1835 and is based in Gutersloh, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 12
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 2
Type (Stake Purchase) 1 of 4
Country (Germany) 1 of 4
Year (1969) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-09-01 Springer Science + Business Media KG

Berlin, Germany

Springer Science+Business Media Deutschland GmbH is a publisher of scientific research journals in Science, Technology and Medicine (STM) and a publisher of STM books. Springer is also a specialist information provider in German-speaking countries. The group publishes around 2000 journals and more than 6,500 new books per year

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