PersonBorn 15 January 1963Also known as Mathias Doepfner, Mathias Dopfner

Mathias Döpfner

CEO and co-owner of Axel Springer

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Mathias Döpfner joined the management board of Axel Springer in 2000 and has been its CEO since 2002. He holds 22% of the company directly and, since 2020, also the voting rights of Friede Springer's remaining 22%; together they held 95% of it as of April 2025. He was president of the German newspaper publishers' association BDZV from 2016 to 2022.Sources:1Wikipedia: Mathias Döpfner, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)

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PoliticoOwner of Politico: CEO of Axel Springer since 2002; holds 22% directly plus the voting rights of Friede Springer's remaining 22%US political news outlet owned by Germany's Axel Springer
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Axel Springer SECEO (since 2002) and co-ownerBerlin media company that owns Politico, Bild and Die Welt
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