Arcandor thomas middelhoff biography

  • arcandor thomas middelhoff biography

    • Thomas Middelhoff

    German retired corporate manager (born 1953)

    Thomas Middelhoff (born 11 May 1953[1]) is a German corporate manager. From 1994 to 1998, he was a member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann AG, until he then served as CEO of the Bertelsmann media group from November 1998 to July 2002.[2] In 2002, he was Head of Corporate Investments in Europe for Investcorp International Ltd until May 2005.[2] From May 2005 to February 2009, Middelhoff then took over as Chairman of the Board of Management of the retail group Arcandor (previously KarstadtQuelle).[3] After Arcandor, Thomas Middelhoff founded the investment company BLM (Berger Lahnstein Middelhoff & Partners LLP) in London with Roland Berger and Florian Lahnstein.[4][5] The spin-off Pulse Capital Partners LLC emerged from this company.

    Early life and education

    Middelhoff grew up as the third of five children in a Catholic family in Düsseld