Timotheus Höttges
Timotheus Höttges (born 18 September 1962) is a German businessman and Chief Executive of Deutsche Telekom AG, the majority shareholder of T-Mobile US.[1]
Early life
He was born in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen). His father was an engineer, with three children. He went to the August-Dicke-Schule (named after August Dicke) in Solingen, one of four gymnasium schools (similar to selective grammar schools) in Solingen. He then did his Zivildienst - compulsory community work. Conscription in Germany finished in 2011.
He gained a degree in Business (Betriebswirtschaftslehre) from the University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln).[2][3][4]
Career
VIAG AG
Höttges worked for VIAG in Munich from 1992. VIAG joined with VEBA (Düsseldorf) in 2000 to form Düsseldorf-headquartered E.ON.
Deutsche Telekom AG
Höttges joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000. From 2006-09 he worked on the T-Home brand, for internet DSL customers, and developed the Telekom Entertain (former T-Home Entertain) internet TV service into a market leader. He joined the company's board of directors on 5 December 2006. On 1 March 2009 he became Finance Director of Deutsche Telekom.[5]
He then became CEO of Deutsche Telekom on 1 January 2014.[6] Following BT Group's takeover of EE, formerly a joint venture of Deutsche Telekom and Orange, Höttgens became a member of BT Group's board of directors.[7][8]
Other activities
Corporate boards
- FC Bayern Munich, Member of the Supervisory Board[9]
- BT Group, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (since 2016)[10]
- Henkel, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2016)[11]
- EE Limited, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (-2014)
- OTE, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (2011-2013)
Non-profit organizations
- Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, Chairman of the Board of Trustees[12]
- European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), Member[13]
- Federation of German Industries (BDI), Member of the Presidium (2017-2018)[14]
- Deutsche Sporthilfe, Member of the Foundation’s Council (since 2015)[15]
Personal life
Höttges lives with his wife and two sons in the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn, in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia. The headquarters of T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are in Bonn.
References
- ↑ "Timotheus "Tim" Hoettges". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ "Timotheus Hoettges". DLD-conference.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ Wirtschafts Woche
- ↑ Munzinger
- ↑ "Timotheus Hoettges". DLD-conference.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ Finance Magazin
- ↑ "BT : Completion of the acquisition of EE Limited". 4-traders.com. 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ↑ "Board of directors". btplc.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ↑ "Timotheus Höttges". 4-traders.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ Board of Directors BT Group.
- ↑ Supervisory Board Henkel.
- ↑ Board of Trustees Deutsche Telekom Stiftung.
- ↑ Members European Round Table of Industrialists.
- ↑ Presidium Federation of German Industries (BDI).
- ↑ Thomas Bellut und Timotheus Höttges im Stiftungsrat Deutsche Sporthilfe, press release of September 1, 2015.
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Preceded by René Obermann |
Chief Executive of Deutsche Telekom January 2014 - |
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Finance Director of Deutsche Telekom March 2009 - December 2013 |
Succeeded by Thomas Dannenfeldt |
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Managing Director of Telekom Deutschland April 2002 - January 2005 |
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Finance Director of Telekom Deutschland September 2000 - April 2002 |
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