Brigitte Mohn

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Brigitte Mohn
Mohn in 2016
Born
Brigitte Scholz

(1964-06-28) 28 June 1964 (age 61)
Stuttgart-Degerloch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Alma mater
OccupationsChairwoman of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Board member of
  • Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, German Stroke Foundation
  • Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, Phineo
  • Member of the Supervisory Boards, Bertelsmann group
Parents
RelativesChristoph Mohn (brother)
AwardsErika Pitzer Prize, 2018

Brigitte Mohn (née Scholz, born 28 June 1964) is a German businesswoman and chairwoman of the executive board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung.[1] She is a shareholder of the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft (BVG) and a member of the supervisory boards of the Bertelsmann group.[2] Mohn is also chairwoman of the board of trustees of the German Stroke Foundation [de].[3]

Life

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Mohn is one of six children of the media entrepreneur Reinhard Mohn, who died in 2009.[4][5] Her mother, Liz Mohn, chairs the board of her own foundation, the Liz Mohn Stiftung.[6]

After completing her secondary education (Abitur) in 1984, Mohn initially wanted to become a doctor,[7] but decided to study political science, art history and German philology at the universities of Bamberg, Münster and Augsburg.[8] In 1993, she received her doctorate from the Witten-Herdecke University.[1] In 2001, she completed an MBA at Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany, and the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois, United States.[9]

Career

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Brigitte Mohn began her career in 1993 as an editor at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.[10] She then moved to the Bantam Doubleday Dell publishing group in New York City, where she headed the academic marketing department.[11] She also worked in the children's book division of Random House and at the Canadian Doubleday book clubs.[12] From 1997 to 1998, Mohn was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Hamburg, Germany, before moving to Switzerland for her job at Pixelpark [de] until 2000.[8]

Mohn entered foundation work at the end of 2000.[13] From 2001 to 2014, she was chairwoman of the executive board of the German Stroke Foundation,[1] which was established by her mother, Liz Mohn, in 1993.[14][15] In 2014, she took over the chair of the board of trustees.[3]

After joining the Bertelsmann Stiftung in 2002, where she was responsible for the health division,[12] Mohn was appointed to the executive board at the beginning of 2005.[16][17] She is responsible for the programs covering health, sustainable communities, digitalization, and the common good. On 1 August 2025, she took over as chairwoman of the executive board.[18]

In 2008, Mohn joined the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft,[19][20] which controls the voting rights at the shareholders' meeting;[21] additionally, she was appointed to the group's supervisory board, where Mohn represents the sixth generation of the owner family.[22][23]

Other activities

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  • Phineo [de], Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board[24]
  • Stiftung RTL – Wir helfen Kindern, Member of the Board of Trustees[25]
  • Rhön-Klinikum, Member of the Supervisory Board (2002–2020)[26][27]

Awards

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  • 2016: Honorary Prize for Social Entrepreneurship from Ernst & Young[28]
  • 2018: Ethics in Business Award of the International Association for Human Values (IAHV)[29]
  • 2018: Erika Pitzer Prize of the Willy Robert Pitzer Foundation[30]

Publications

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  • Brigitte Mohn, Monika Kirschner (2005). Risiko Schlaganfall: kompetent vorbeugen, Alarmsignale erkennen, richtig handeln, Folgen vermeiden (in German). Köln: Egmont VGS. ISBN 3-8025-1696-6.
  • Liz Mohn, Brigitte Mohn, Werner Weidenfeld, Johannes Meier (2006). Werte. Was die Gesellschaft zusammenhält (in German). Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. ISBN 3-89204-908-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Brigitte Mohn (2010). "Es gibt Werte, die für mich gesetzt sind". In Stefanie Unger (ed.). Vertrauen ist gut: Werte in der Krise oder Krise der Werte? (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch. ISBN 978-3-89981-207-7.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Brigitte Mohn". Internationales Biographisches Archiv (in German). Munzinger. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Personalien: Mohn im Bertelsmann-Aufsichtsrat". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 18 December 2007. p. 16.
  3. ^ a b "Kuratorium" (in German). Stiftung Deutsche Schlaganfall-Hilfe. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  4. ^ Matthew Karnitschnig (8 December 2003). "Die komplizierte Romanze der Liz Mohn". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  5. ^ Günther Bähr, Tatjana Meier (8 December 2003). "Bertelsmann: Szenen einer Ehe". Focus (in German). p. 188.
  6. ^ "Gütersloher Unternehmerin Liz Mohn gründet neue Stiftung". Neue Westfälische (in German). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  7. ^ Petra Schlitt (27 August 2007). "Brigitte Mohn: Vom Imperium befreit". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. ^ a b Nina Klöckner (31 October 2007). "Die Vielseitige: Nicht ohne meine Familie". Financial Times Deutschland (in German). p. 30.
  9. ^ Jon Christoph Berndt (17 October 2008). "Bertelsmann-Erbin Brigitte Mohn: Mensch, Marke!". Handelsblatt (Perspektiven) (in German). p. 19.
  10. ^ Inga Michler (1 October 2005). "Bertelsmann und die Familie Mohn" (in German). p. 11.
  11. ^ Stefan Brams (8 April 2004). "Die Frühschwimmerin: Brigitte Mohn spricht über ihre Arbeit und ihr Leben". Neue Westfälische (in German).
  12. ^ a b Dagmar von Taube (4 August 2002). "Die zweite "Bertelsfrau": Liz Mohn ist ihr großes Vorbild". Welt am Sonntag (in German). p. 12. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Schön & klug: Die Bertelsfrauen". Bunte (in German). 24 April 2003. p. 56.
  14. ^ Pete Smith (28 August 2009). "Wirksame Strategien gegen den Schlaganfall". Ärzte-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Stiftung setzt auf Prävention und Aufklärung". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). 2 June 1998. p. 4.
  16. ^ Hans-Peter Siebenhaar (20 July 2004). "Der langsame Aufstieg von Brigitte Mohn". Handelsblatt (in German). p. 16.
  17. ^ "Bertelsmann Stiftung neu organisiert". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). 21 July 2004. p. 11.
  18. ^ "Bertelsmann Stiftung stellt Vorstand neu auf". Die Stiftung (in German). 6 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Bertelsmann: Mehr Macht für die Familie". Der Spiegel (in German). 10 February 2003. p. 81.
  20. ^ "Brigitte Mohn rückt auf". Neue Westfälische (in German). 12 February 2003.
  21. ^ "Reinhard Mohn verzichtet auf seine Stimmrechte". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). 2 July 1999. p. 13.
  22. ^ "Brigitte Mohn zieht in Aufsichtsrat ein". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). 18 December 2007. p. 7.
  23. ^ "Mohn im Aufsichtsrat". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 18 December 2007. p. 23.
  24. ^ "Gremien" (in German). Phineo. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  25. ^ "Gremien" (in German). Stiftung RTL – Wir helfen Kindern. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  26. ^ "Personalien: Wechsel im Rhön-Aufsichtsrat". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). 17 May 2002. p. 7.
  27. ^ Stefan Kritzer (20 August 2020). "Münch verlässt Aufsichtsrat von Rhön-Klinikum". Main-Post (in German). p. 16.
  28. ^ "Brigitte Mohn: Einsatz für das Gemeinwohl". Handelsblatt (in German). 21 November 2016. p. 53.
  29. ^ "Ethics in Business Awards". World Forum for Ethics in Business. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  30. ^ "Brigitte Mohn erhält Erika-Pitzer-Preis". Süddeutsche Zeitung (dpa) (in German). 5 September 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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