Dr. Christopher Bauer, CEO, DuMont Group (Germany)

IMMAA Communication
January 11, 2024
CITI-IMMAA Seminar
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Market and Institutional Challenges in Leading the Transformation of a German Regional Publisher into a Digital Asset Holder – Dumont Group as a Case in Point.

Dr. Christoph Bauer is the Group CEO of DuMont, a leading media company in Germany, with its foundation going back to 1620. At DuMont, he has initiated and leads the transformation journey towards profitability and has set the company on a growth trajectory for becoming a digitally driven company. Through his entrepreneurial strategy, he is leading the transformation agenda along three business units: content (regional media activities), data (business information services) and technology (marketing technology software as a service), ensuring both, profitable growth and resilience.

Dr. Bauer holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration, and studied at University of Mannheim, Arizona State University and University of Oldenburg. Since the advent of the Internet in the mid-1990s, he has been a pioneer in the digitization of media companies and business models of all genres. He has over 20 years of experience in the media industry, with executive positions at Bertelsmann, NZZ, Ringier, AZ Medien.