Markus Dohle

German businessperson

Markus Dohle
Dohle in 2017
Born	(1968-06-28) 28 June 1968 (age 55) Arnsberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Education	University of Karlsruhe
Employer	Penguin Random House (2013–2022)

Markus Dohle (born 28 June 1968) is a German businessperson. He was the chief executive officer of Penguin Random House from July 2013 to December 2022.

Early life and education

Markus Dohle was born on 28 June 1968 in Arnsberg.^[1] He attended the University of Karlsruhe,^[1] where he studied industrial engineering and management.^[2]

Career

As of 2005, Dohle headed Mohn Media-Gruppe, a Bertelsmann subsidiary.^[3] He became an executive at Arvato in 2006.^[3]

Dohle headed the printing division at Bertelsmann, Random House's parent company, before moving to Random House.^[4] Dohle was named the CEO of Random House in 2008, before its merger with Penguin Books.^[4]^[5] Dohle was considered an "outsider" when he became CEO of Random House;^[4]^[6] although he had experience in the printing industry, he had not worked on the editorial side of publishing.^[7] Dohle supervised the 2013 merger of Penguin and Random House.^[7] He became CEO on 1 July 2013.^[2]

In September 2021, Dohle gave the opening speech at the Frankfurt Book Fair.^[8] Discussing a proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, Dohle said that the merger's aim was to "create the future of books".^[8]

On 9 December 2022, Dohle announced his departure from Penguin Random House. He was succeeded by interim CEO Nihar Malaviya, effective 1 January 2023.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b International Who's Who of Authors & Writers 2010. Routledge; Europa Publications. 2009. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-85743-528-3. ISSN 1740-018X. OCLC 318414700.
^ ^a ^b "Markus Dohle - Chief Executive Officer of Penguin Random House". Bertelsmann. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Arvato: 37-Jähriger wird Vorstand". Manager Magazin (in German). 19 October 2005. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rich, Motoko (21 May 2008). "Publishing Outsider Picked to Head Random House". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ Hintermeier, Hannes (21 May 2008). "Neuer Chef bei Random House: Ein Außenseiter wird Spitzenreiter". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A.; Esterl, Mike (20 May 2008). "Industry Outsider to Run Random House". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Buck, Tobias (29 March 2019). "Markus Dohle, book publisher who placed $65m bet on Obamas". Financial Times. ProQuest 2199586518. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Facchini, Talita. "Markus Dohle inaugura o Frankfurt Studio". PublishNews (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ Albanese, Andrew (9 December 2022). "Markus Dohle Steps Down as Penguin Random House CEO". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2 February 2023.