Dr Mathias Döpfner is the CEO of Axel Springer SE. He started his career as a journalist at the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” in 1982. He has been with Axel Springer SE since 1998. Initially as editor-in-chief of Die Welt. Dr Mathias Döpfner became the member of the Executive Board in 2000 and has been CEO since January 2002.

Since Mr. Döpfner became CEO, Axel Springer revenues from digital activities increased from €117 million to €2.3 billion with adjusted EBITDA from digital increasing from €-12 million to €620 million. Worldwide digital audience expanded to more than 300 million users. Mr. Döpfner is also a member of the Board of Directors of Netflix Inc. and Warner Music Inc.