Ringier
Ringier AG is one of the largest media corporations in Switzerland founded in Zofingen and based in Zürich. It publishes several newspapers and magazines in both German and French. It has a yearly income of approximately 1.5 billion CHF with profits around 62.2 million and over 8,000 employees.
Gerhard Schröder (Social Democratic Party of Germany), the former German Chancellor, works as an advisor for international political affairs for Michael Ringier since January 2006.[1]
The owners of the company are Evelyn Lingg-Ringier, Annette Ringier and Michael Ringier.
The Board of Director is made up of:[2]
- Michael Ringier, Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Dr. Uli Sigg, Vice-Chairman. Honorary member of the China-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce, which he founded in 1980, he served as ambassador in China as well.
- Oscar Frei, President of Infront Sports & Media AG in Zug, the international sports marketing company that handles the broadcasting of the FIFA World Cup and employs more than 80 people and has additional offices in Kreuzlingen (Switzerland, Ipswich (United Kingdom) and Helsinki (Finland).
- Jan O. Froshaug, Ex-Director of the Scandinavian media group Egmont, also active in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, etc.
- Dr. Hans-Olaf Henkel, Ex-President of the German Federation of Industry (BDI), President of IBM Europe and presently a Member of numerous Supervisory Boards, such as IBM Deutschland, AUDI AG and Continental AG, as well as co-founder of the German-Japan Initiative, for which he was highly awarded by the Japanese Government and other organizations. He is also Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Industriebank AG (IKB) and took on a Visiting Professorship at the University of Mannheim, Germany. He is also Senator of the "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft", as well as of the "Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz", two leading institutions promoting scientific research in Germany . He received the Cicero-Rednerpreis Prize 2001.
- Martin Werfeli, Member of the Board and former CEO Ringier AG
- Christiane zu Salm, Member of the Board
Publications
In Switzerland, in German:
- Blick, Blick am Abend and Sonntags-Blick
- Betty Bossi Zeitung
- Bolero
- edelweiss
- Gesundheit Sprechstunde
- Glückspost
- TV Täglich
- Schweizer Illustrierte / Schweizer Illustrierte Grün / SI Style
- SPORT magine
- GOAL
In Switzerland, in French:
In Switzerland, in Italian:
In Romania:
- Libertatea
- Libertatea de Duminica
- Libertatea Weekend
- Unica
- Bravo
- Bravo Girl
- Bolero
- Libertatea Pentru Femei
- Lumea Femeilor
- DIVA
In Hungary:
In the Czech Republic:
- Aha!
- Aha! supplements
- Blesk
- Blesk TV Magazin
- Nedělní Blesk
- Nedělní Sport
- Nedělní Aha!
- Sport
- ABC
- Blesk pro ženy
- Blesk Križovky
- Blesk magazin
- Blesk Hobby
- Blesk Zdravi
- Reflex
- Sport Magazin
In Slovakia:
In Serbia:
In Germany:
In Croatia:
In China:
- City Weekend
- Betty's Kitchen
- Industry Sourcing
- CAAC Inflight Magazine
- Oriental Sky
- Xinmin Bella
- Special Interest (37 titles)
In Vietnam:
- ELLE
- Thời Trang Trẻ
- Thế Giới Mốt
- Bếp Gia Đình
- Marry
- Mua Bán Nhà Đất
References
- ^ Homola, Victor (2005-11-26). "World Briefing". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E0D91731F935A15752C1A9639C8B63. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ "Ringier AG, an international media enterprise.". http://www.ringier.com/index.cfm?rub=176. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
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