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Mathias Doepfner

Mathias Doepfner

Mathias Doepfner (#1541)

Global Rank #1541
Country Rank #93
Country Germany

Mathias Doepfner is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

  • $ 3 B
  • Media
  • Germany
  • M
  • 63 Years

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Quick Facts

Global Rank #1,541
Country Rank #93
Net Worth $2.7B
Previous Worth $2.7B
Worth Change +$0.0B
Country Germany
Industry Media
Age 63 Years
Gender M
Worth As Of May 4, 2026
Last Refreshed 14 Sep 2026, 12:00 AM
Residence Potsdam, Germany
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Age 63
Source Of Wealth Media
Residence Potsdam, Germany
Citizenship Germany
Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth
Previous Net Worth $2.7B
Current Net Worth $2.7B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Mathias Doepfner is chairman and CEO of German media giant Axel Springer, which is active in over 40 countries and employs more than 16,000 people. Axel Springer hired him in 1988 as Editor-in-Chief of its newspaper Die Welt. He joined the company's executive board in 2000 and became CEO in 2002. His success in building revenue from digital activities, from under $150 million to around $3 billion, helped earn the trust of controlling shareholder Friede Springer. To ensure continuity, in 2020 Friede Springer gave him a 15% stake in Axel Springer and sold him an additional 4.1%. He was awarded additional stock and now owns nearly 22%. Axel Springer went public in 1985. In 2020, it went private again in a KKR-funded buyout that valued the company at around $8 billion.

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Acquisitions under Doepfner have included TV news station N24 (since rebranded as Welt) and the digital news outlet Business Insider.

Doepfner studied musicology and theatrical arts in Frankfurt and Boston before starting his career as a journalist at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 1982.

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Current Net Worth: $2.7B (May 4, 2026)

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