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Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH
 PROFILE
German publishing firm Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck is more than a little bit bookish. Among the company's more than 80 publishing subsidiaries are Farrar, Straus & Giroux (US); Henry Holt (US); Macmillan (UK); S. Fischer Verlag (Germany); and St. Martin's Press (US). Also active in newspapers, Holtzbrinck owns "DIE ZEIT," 78% of German business publication "Handelsblatt", and 49% of "The Wall Street Journal Europe". Its Web interests include 25% of Infoseek Deutschland and 25% of German online bookseller Booxtra. The family of late founder Georg von Holtzbrinck (including chairman Dieter von Holtzbrinck) owns the company.

 COMPETITION
Axel Springer Verlag AG (SPR)
Bertelsmann AG (dossier)
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
1999 Sales (mil.): 2,148.40
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (1.8)%
Employees: 11,500
Revenue per employee: $186,817.39

 KEY PEOPLE
• Dieter von Holtzbrinck
    CEO
• Arno Mahlert
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
Gänsheidestraße 26
D-70184 Stuttgart, Germany
Phone: 49-711-2150-0
Fax: 49-711-2150-269
Online: Web Site

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