D&B Business Directory

A company so big it takes up space on the bookshelf, the magazine stand, and on television, Bertelsmann is one of the world's leading media conglomerates. It owns RTL Group, Europe's #1 TV broadcaster with more than 40 channels operating in a dozen countries, and Penguin Random House, the world's top trade book publisher. In addition to these two heavyweights, it owns magazine publisher Gruner Jahr, services unit Arvato, BMG, the music business, as well as Bertelsmann Printing Group, Education Group and Investments. Carl Bertelsmann founded the company in 1835.