Axel Springer AG is one of the largest multimedia companies in Europe, with more than 11,500 employees and with annual revenues of about ˆ2.9 billion. The Company is active in a total of 36 countries, including Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland. It has more than 230 newspapers and magazines, more than 80 online offerings as well as holdings in television and radio stations.
It was started in 1946/1947 by journalist Axel Springer. Its current CEO is Mathias Döpfner. The Axel Springer company is the largest publishing house in Europe and controls the largest share of the German market for daily newspapers; 23.6%, largely because its flagship tabloid Bild is the highest-circulation newspaper in Europe with a daily readership in excess of 12 million.
Axel Springer headquarters in Berlin.
In addition, the company is active in the online marketing business with its shares in Zanox, Digital Window and buy.at and owns several classified advertising online platforms such as the online career site StepStone, the real estate marketing portal immonet and price comparison platform idealo.
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Type
Società per azioni (joint stock company)
Industry
Automotive/Media
Founded
11 July 1899 in Turin, Italy
Founder(s)
Giovanni Agnelli
Headquarters
Turin, Italy
Key people
John Elkann (Chairman) , Sergio Marchionne (CEO)
Products
Automobiles, commercial vehicles, auto parts, newspapers, production systems
Production output
2,046,060 units (automobiles and LCVs, 2011)[1]
Profit
ˆ1.334 billion (2011)
Employees
137,800 (end 2010)
Subsidiaries
Other activities
o Ferrari (90%)
o Maserati
o Fiat Group Automobiles
o Chrysler (61.8%)
o
publishing (La Stampa/Publikompass)
advertising
Fiat S.p.A., (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino)[4] (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), is an Italian automobile manufacturer based in Turin. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli. During its more than a century long history, Fiat has also manufactured railway engines and carriages, military vehicles, and aircraft. As of 2009, the Fiat group (not inclusive of its subsidiary Chrysler) was the world's ninth largest carmaker and the largest in Italy.[5]
Fiat-based cars are built around the world. Outside Italy, the largest country of production is Brazil, where the Fiat brand is the market leader.[6] The group also has factories in Argentina and Poland and a long history of licensing production of its products in other countries. It also has numerous alliances and joint ventures around the world, the main ones being located in Italy, France, Turkey, Serbia, India and China.
Agnelli's grandson Gianni Agnelli was Fiat's chairman from 1966 until 1996; he then served as honorary chairman from 1996 until his death on 24 January 2003, during which time Cesare Romiti served as chairman. After their[clarification needed] removal, Paolo Fresco served as chairman and Paolo Cantarella as CEO. Umberto Agnelli then took over as chairman from 2003 to 2004. After Umberto Agnelli's death on 28 May 2004, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo was named chairman, with Agnelli heir John Elkann becoming vice chairman (at the age of 28), and other family members also serving on the board. At this point, CEO Giuseppe Morchio resigned, and Sergio Marchionne was named to replace him on 1 June 2004.
In September 2010, shareholders approved a plan to split Fiat's capital goods businesses from the group. Agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer CNH Global NV, truck maker Iveco, and the industrial and marine division of Fiat Powertrain Technologies were spun off into a new group on 1 January 2011. The parent company, Fiat Industrial S.p.A., was listed on the Milan stock exchange on 3 January 2011.[7]
, Sergio Marchionne (CEO) 
ˆ1.334 billion (2011)