Dr. Stefan von Holtzbrinck
Chair
Dr. Stefan von Holtzbrinck was born in 1963 in Ettlingen, Germany. He studied law and German literature at the universities of Tübingen and Munich. He holds a degree and received a Ph.D in law from the University of Munich. Dr. von Holtzbrinck began his career in 1990 as a sales & marketing manager at Bloomsbury and as assistant to the CFO of Kirch Medien Gruppe. Two years later, Dr. von Holtzbrinck led the “New Media” division of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. From 1997 until 2000, Dr. von Holtzbrinck joined the Nature Publishing Group, first as electronic publishing director, then as a managing director and served as director of Macmillan Limited. He joined Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung in 2001 as chief executive officer.
Date appointed: 2018
Term expires: 2028
Alongside his office as chairperson of the Supervisory Board, Dr. von Holtzbrinck is, or was within the last five years, a member of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of and/or a partner in the following companies, partnerships or foundations outside Springer Nature:
- Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH (Chief Executive Officer, member of the executive board and managing director of several affiliated companies of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group)
- Frontiers Media S.A. (member of the administrative board (Verwaltungsrat))
- tempus Zeitverlag Geschäftsführungsgesellschaft mbH (chair of the supervisory board)
- Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius GmbH & Co. KG (chair of the supervisory board)
- Stuttgarter Kinderstiftung (chair of the executive board (Stiftungsvorsitz))
- American Academy in Berlin GmbH (vice chair of the board of trustees)
- Bürgerstiftung Stuttgart (member of the executive board)
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (honorary member of the senate)
- Springer Nature Management Aktiengesellschaft (member of the supervisory board)