Timotheus Höttges (born 18 September 1962,

Solingen Solingen (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr. After Wuppertal, it is the second-largest city in the Bergisches Land, and a member of ...

) is a German businessman who has been serving as

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AG, the majority shareholder of

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, since 2014.

Early life

He was born in Solingen in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

(''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

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s) in Solingen. He then did his ''Zivildienst'' – compulsory community work.

Education

Höttges received a degree in Business (''Betriebswirtschaftslehre'') from the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...

(''Universität zu Köln'').

Career

VIAG AG

Höttges worked for VIAG in Munich from 1992. VIAG merged with VEBA (Düsseldorf) in 2000 to form

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-headquartered

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Deutsche Telekom AG

Höttges joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000. From 2006-09 he worked on the T-Home brand, for internet

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customers, and developed the Telekom Entertain (former T-Home Entertain)

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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. Höttges then became CEO of Deutsche Telekom on 1 January 2014, succeeding René Obermann in that role. Following

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's takeover of EE, formerly a

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of Deutsche Telekom and Orange, Höttges became a member of BT Group's board of directors.

Other activities

Corporate boards

, Chairman Board of Directors * Daimler, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020) *

, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (2016–2021) *

Henkel Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Henkel, is a German multinational chemical and consumer goods company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. Founded in 1876, the DAX company is organized into two globally operating business units (Cons ...

, Member of the Supervisory Board (2016–2021) *

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional association foo ...

, Member of the Supervisory Board (2010–2021) * EE, 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 *

European Round Table of Industrialists The European Round Table for Industry (previously known as the European Round Table of Industrialists), abbreviated ERT, is a cross-sectoral forum and advocacy group in the European Union consisting of some 60 European industrial businesspeople wo ...

(ERT), Member *

European School of Management and Technology The European School of Management and Technology, also known as ESMT Berlin, is a private non-profit business school based in Berlin, Germany. The business school was founded in 2002 by 25 companies and institutions and offers a range of Master o ...

(ESMT), Member of the Board of Trustees * Federation of German Industries (BDI), Member of the Presidium (2017-2019) * Deutsche Sporthilfe, Member of the Foundation’s Council (since 2015)Thomas Bellut und Timotheus Höttges im Stiftungsrat
Deutsche Sporthilfe, press release of September 1, 2015.

Personal life

Höttges lives with his wife and two sons in the Bad Godesberg district of

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

, in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia. The headquarters of T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are in Bonn.

References

External links

LinkedIn Profile

Deutsche Telekom

Instagram Profile
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