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Timotheus h ttges interview
Timotheus Höttges (born 18 September 1962) is a German businessman and Chief Executive of Deutsche Telekom AG, the majority shareholder of T-Mobile US.
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- Timotheus h ttges interview
- Interview timotheus h ttges ceo of the year
- Early life
- VIAG AG
- Deutsche Telekom AG
- Other
- Personal life
- References
Interview timotheus h ttges ceo of the year
Early life
He was born in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia (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 grammar schools) in Solingen. He then did his Zivildienst - compulsory community work. Conscription in Germany finished in 2011.
He gained a degree in Business (Betriebswirtschaftslehre) from the University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln).
VIAG AG
He worked for VIAG in Munich from 1992. VIAG joined with VEBA (Düsseldorf) in 2000 to form Düsseldorf-headquartered E.ON.
Deutsche Telekom AG
He joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000. From 2006-09 he worked on the T-Home brand, for internet DSL customers, and developed the Telekom Entertain (former T-Home Entertain) internet TV 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.
He became Chief Executive of Deutsche Telekom on 1 January 2014
Other
Höttges is on the board of directors at FC Bayern Munich.
Personal life
He lives with his wife Adriane and two sons, Jonathan and Balthasar, in the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn, in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia. The headquarters of T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are in Bonn.