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Thomas Middelhoff
Thomas Middelhoff (born 11 May 1953) is a German corporate manager. From 1994 to 1998, he was a member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann AG, until he then served as CEO of the Bertelsmann media group from November 1998 to July 2002. In 2002, he was Head of Corporate Investments in Europe for Investcorp International Ltd until May 2005. From May 2005 to February 2009, Middelhoff then took over as Chairman of the Board of Management of the retail group Arcandor (previously KarstadtQuelle). After Arcandor, Thomas Middelhoff founded the investment company BLM (Berger Lahnstein Middelhoff & Partners LLP) in London with Roland Berger and Florian Lahnstein. The spin-off Pulse Capital Partners LLC emerged from this company.
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