Dr Mathias Döpfner

Short Bio

Mathias Döpfner was born in 1963. He studied musicology, German and theatre studies in Frankfurt and Boston. He began his career as a journalist in 1982 at the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung". From 1988 to 1990 he was managing director of a PR agency. In 1992, he worked on the staff of the International Board of Gruner+Jahr Publishing in Paris, and later became assistant to the Gruner+Jahr CEO in Hamburg. Further journalistic positions were editor-in-chief of the "Wochenpost", Berlin (1994-1996), and editor-in-chief of the "Hamburger Morgenpost" (1996-1998). Since 1998 Döpfner has been working for Axel Springer, initially as editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper "Die Welt". Since July 2000 Dr Mathias Döpfner has been a member of the Executive Board and since January 2002 Chairman of the Executive Board of Axel Springer SE.