Monika Schoeller
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Monika Schoeller

Germany 87 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
publishing
Residence
Stuttgart

Biography

Monika Schoeller and her brothers Stefan and Dieter von Holtzbrinck inherited publishing house Verlagsgruppe Holtzbrinck from their father, Georg.

Originally founded as a book club in 1948, Holtzbrinck's businesses include Macmillan Publishers, S. Fischer Verlag and Holtzbrinck Digital.

In 2006, Dieter sold his shares to his siblings, leaving them each with 50% of the company.

Holtzbrinck Ventures was founded in 2000 as an investment arm of the publishing business and became independent in 2010.

HV has invested in many internet and e-commerce startups including Zalando, Groupon, HelloFresh and Rocket Internet.

About

Schoeller sits on the board of S. Fischer Verlag, the original publisher of authors Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka and Hermann Hesse.

Active in the German Literature Archive, she donated to it the archive of S. Fischer Verlag.