Bertelsmann Stiftung: version 1
Saved 2026-09-21 05:40 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Rebuilt the entry around the ownership chain the queue asked for. Identity gains a searchable summary, the registered address and Wikidata Q156913; a new Relations section carries owned_by to Johannes. This is the current version.
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# Bertelsmann Stiftung <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Bertelsmann Stiftung
disambiguation: Non-profit German foundation in Gütersloh holding Bertelsmann capital shares
summary: Non-profit German foundation in Gütersloh, founded by Reinhard Mohn in 1977, which holds the majority of the capital shares in the media group Bertelsmann without voting rights.
legal_name: Bertelsmann Stiftung
ownership_status: no_corporate_parent
ownership_source: ^gleif-bst-parent
registered_address: Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße 256, 33311 Gütersloh
wikidata: Q317555
country: DE
website: https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/
register_ids: LEI:96760052XK7E25CHM186
founded: 1977-03-14
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
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| gleif-bst | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/96760052XK7E25CHM186 | GLEIF LEI record: Bertelsmann Stiftung | 2026-09-21 | GLEIF | registry | | 96760052XK7E25CHM186 | | CC0 | | |
| gleif-bst-parent | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/96760052XK7E25CHM186/direct-parent-reporting-exception | GLEIF direct parent reporting exception: Bertelsmann Stiftung | 2026-09-21 | GLEIF | registry | | 96760052XK7E25CHM186 | | CC0 | | |
| wiki-bst | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann_Stiftung | Wikipedia: Bertelsmann Stiftung | 2026-09-21 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| bertelsmann-shareholders | https://www.bertelsmann.com/en/company/aktionaere/ | Bertelsmann: Shareholder Structure | 2026-09-21 | Bertelsmann | manufacturer | | | | (c) | | |
| bst-statutes | https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/BSt/Corporate/Organisation/Statutes-of-Bertelsmann-Stiftung_08-05-2025.pdf | Statutes of Bertelsmann Stiftung | 2026-09-21 | Bertelsmann Stiftung | other | 2025-05-08 | | | (c) | | |
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## About <!--about-->
The Bertelsmann Stiftung is a non-profit foundation under private law in Gütersloh and the largest single holder of the capital of the media group Bertelsmann. Its statutes describe it as a foundation with legal capacity within the meaning of Section 1 of the North Rhine-Westphalia Foundations Act, with its registered office in Gütersloh and Reinhard Mohn as its founder, and state that its assets consist mainly of the initial endowment and of the shares in Johannes Mohn GmbH, the majority shareholder in terms of ownership of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA.[^bst-statutes] It pursues non-profit purposes in education, economic and social affairs, health and international understanding.[^bst-statutes]
Reinhard Mohn founded the Bertelsmann Stiftung on 8 February 1977 with an endowment of 100,000 Deutsche Marks; the authorities approved it on 14 March 1977, and since 1993, when Mohn transferred a large part of his capital share to it, it has held the majority of Bertelsmann's capital shares. Together with the Reinhard Mohn Stiftung and the BVG Stiftung it holds 80.9 percent of that capital and it has no voting rights.[^wiki-bst] Bertelsmann's own shareholder statement lists a fourth foundation, the BVG-Familienstiftung, in that 80.9 percent.[^bertelsmann-shareholders] GLEIF records the foundation as an active Stiftung des privaten Rechts at Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße 256 in Gütersloh with an entity creation date of 14 March 1977.[^gleif-bst] No company stands above it: GLEIF carries a direct parent reporting exception for the foundation with the reason that there is no known person, and a foundation of this legal form has no shareholders.[^gleif-bst-parent]
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