Ownership
Bertelsmann is not publicly listed and is majority owned (77.4%) by the Bertelsmann Foundation, a non-profit organisation and political think tank set up by the Mohn family, which in turn privately owns the remaining 22.6%. Albert Frère, a Belgian industrialist, owned 25% of Bertelsmann until 2006.
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