Stefanie Penck to become Managing Director

Augsburg, 01/24/2024 – Strong focus on the book and media market: In January, experienced publishing expert Stefanie Penck was appointed to the management board of Weltbild Germany and the Weltbild branches. The art history graduate is now responsible for category management and marketing at Weltbild. She will also remain Managing Director of the international art and photography publisher teNeues, which, like Weltbild, is also part of the Weltbild D2C Group. Before joining teNeues, Stefanie Penck was Publishing Director at Kunth Verlag in Munich and was previously responsible for the Marco Polo division at MairDumont.

“We are delighted that Stefanie Penck will continue to develop Weltbild as a book and media brand with her expertise and passion for books,” emphasizes Christian Sailer, CEO of the Weltbild D2C Group. In addition to close cooperation with partners from the publishing world for its own multi-channel sales channels, this includes in particular strengthening the Weltbild range with its own book editions. The Group also intends to invest in the publishing sector through acquisitions, emphasizes Christian Sailer.

About Weltbild D2C Group

The Weltbild D2C Group (approx. € 500 million revenue in 2022) with its brands Weltbild, teNeues, Kinderwelt tausendkind, Paul Valentine, Groundies, Gärtner Pötschke, Orbisana, Jokers, bücher.de, D2C digital and D2C ReCommerce is one of the largest multi-channel retailers in the field of media and non-media products in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). The Weltbild brand acts as a multi-channel provider (catalog, online, stationary stores and social media) and enables shop-in-shop strategies for own brands as well as brands of cooperation partners with complementary product ranges. Weltbild creates themed worlds for its customers that combine publishing products and a selected non-media range. Weltbild has been awarded the seal “Voted Customer Service of the Year 2024” in the Mail Order category.

More at: www.weltbildd2cgroup.com

About Droege Group

The Droege Group (founded in 1988) is an independent investment and consulting firm, completely family-owned. The company acts as a specialist for tailor-made transformation programs with the aim of increasing company value. The Droege Group combines its family business structure and capital strength into a family equity business model. The Group invests equity in “special opportunities” with a focus on medium-sized companies and spin-offs as well as strategically in buy & build transactions. With the guiding principle “Implementation – by every trick in the book”, the group is one of the pioneers of implementation-oriented corporate development. The Droege Group’s entrepreneurial platforms are geared towards long-term megatrends. Enthusiasm for quality, innovation and speed determines the company’s development. The Droege Group has successfully positioned itself in the market both nationally and internationally and is operationally active with its entrepreneurial platforms in 30 countries.

More at: www.droege-group.com

Contact:

Eva Großkinsky
Weltbild GmbH & Co. KG
Head of Corporate Communications
Mail: Eva.grosskinsky@weltbild.com
Phone: 0821 7004 5555