Dieter von Holtzbrinck (born 1942) is one of the heirs to the Holtzbrinck publishing empire, founded by his father Georg von Holtzbrinck (born 1909) in 1948.
He was a director of the Dow Jones & Co. Inc., until he resigned on 19 July 2007, showing his disagreement with the takeover of the company by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
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“We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)