Friede Springer
$3.2B
Born
Aug 15, 1942
Age
83
Source of Wealth
Publishing
Residence
Berlin,
Citizenship
Germany
Marital Status
Widowed
Children
0
Education
- Friede Springer inherited a stake in media giant Axel Springer Verlag from her husband, Axel, following his death in 1985.
- Hired as the nanny of his two sons, Springer eventually married Axel, who trained her to take over the business.
- Among the largest publishing houses in Europe, Axel Springer is active in over 40 countries. Its newspapers include Bild and Die Welt.
- The company acquired TV news station N24 (since rebranded as Welt) and the New York-based digital news outlet Business Insider (now renamed Insider) in 2015.
- Axel Springer went public in 1985. In 2020, it went private again in a KKR-funded buyout.
- To ensure continuity, in 2020 Friede Springer gave a 15% stake in Axel Springer to CEO Mathias Doepfner and sold him an additional 4.1%.

- After the delisting and the gift and sale to Doepfner, she now holds 22.5% of the company.
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