Liz Mohn

Elisabeth Mohn (née Beckmann; born 21 June 1941) is the widow of Reinhard Mohn, the owner of the media conglomerate Bertelsmann. She serves on the supervisory board of Bertelsmann and on the board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

Contents

• Liz mohn zum religionsmonitor 2013
• Diversity conference interview with liz mohn
• Honours
• Publications
• Literature
• References

She was employed as a secretary at Bertelsmann and eventually became Mohn's mistress. In 1963 she entered a pro forma marriage with author Joachim Scholz, and only became Mohn's second wife in 1982. Liz and Reinhard Mohn had three children.

In 1993, she founded the German Stroke Foundation, and serves as its President. In 2004, she endorsed Angela Merkel for Chancellor.

Honours

Europäischer Stifterpreis für Kultur-Mäzene, 1996

Federal Cross of Merit First Class, 1996

Charity Bambi, 1996

Member of the Club of Rome, 1999-

Order of Merit of Berlin, 2003

Karl Winnacker Prize, 2009

Great Cross of Merit, 2010

Gold Medal of the Balearic Islands, 2010

Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown, 2016

Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise, 7 October 2016.

Publications

Liz Mohn: Liebe öffnet Herzen. C. Bertelsmann, 2001, ISBN 3-570-00367-1

Liz Mohn, Ursula von der Leyen: Familie gewinnt. Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89204-927-2

Liz Mohn "Schlüsselmomente: Erfahrungen eines engagierten Lebens " C. Bertelsmann, 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-10110-0

Literature

Thomas Schuler: Die Mohns - Vom Provinzbuchhändler zum Weltkonzern. Die Familie hinter Bertelsmann. Campus Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-593-37307-6