{{Short description|CEO of Bertelsmann AG from 2008 to 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} '''Hartmut Ostrowski''' (born 25 February 1958 in Bielefeld) was CEO of Bertelsmann AG from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2011, succeeding Gunter Thielen.<ref>{{cite book |title=Collaboration: how leaders avoid the traps, create unity, and reap big results |last=Hansen |first=Morten T. |page=187 |year=2009 |publisher=Harvard Business Press |isbn=978-1-4221-1515-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://topics.wsj.com/person/O/hartmut-ostrowski/829 |title=Hartmut Ostrowski – News, Articles, Biography, Photos |work=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=20 October 2010}}</ref>
Ostrowski studied business administration at Bielefeld University and joined Bertelsmann AG in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/103/000159623/ |title=Hartmut Ostrowski |publisher=Nndb.com |accessdate=20 October 2010}}</ref> From 1 September 2002 until December 2007, Ostrowski was CEO of Arvato AG, an international media and communication service provider, a 100% subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG.<ref>{{cite web |author=Bertelsmann AG (www.bertelsmann.de) |url=http://www.bertelsmann.com/bertelsmann_corp/wms41/bm/index.php?ci=27&language=2 |title=media worldwide |publisher=Bertelsmann |date=31 December 2009 |accessdate=20 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914220651/http://www.bertelsmann.com/bertelsmann_corp/wms41/bm/index.php?ci=27&language=2 |archivedate=14 September 2010 }}</ref>
Ostrowski is married and has two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topics.wsj.com/person/O/hartmut-ostrowski/829 |title=Hartmut Ostrowski – News, Articles, Biography, Photos |work=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=20 October 2010}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110707230447/http://www.bertelsmann.com/bertelsmann_corp/wms41/customers/bmcorp/pdf/Interview_with_Hartmut_Ostrowski_175_years_of_Bertelsmann.pdf "Interview with Hartmut Ostrowski 175 years of Bertelsmann"] *[https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,564775,00.html "Interview with Bertelsmann CEO Hartmut Ostrowski"], ''Spiegel Online'', 07/09/2008
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