Marlene Taschen is the managing director of Taschen Publishing and the eldest daughter of the founder.

Life and career

Marlene Taschen is the eldest daughter of

Benedikt Taschen Benedikt Taschen (born 10 February 1961) is a German publisher and Private collection, contemporary art collector. He is the founder and managing director of the publishing house Taschen, one of the most successful international publishers, with ...

, born in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

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on 25 September 1985. Since January 2017, she co-manages

Taschen Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. As of January 2017, Taschen is co-managed by Benedikt and his eldest daughter, Marlene Taschen. History The company began as Taschen Comics, pu ...

together with her father and has recently become the publishing house’s Managing Director. She holds an MSc in

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and

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from

The London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

and a Bachelor’s in Business and

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

from

Kingston University London , mottoeng = "Through Learning We Progress" , established = – gained University Status – Kingston Technical Institute , type = Public , endowment = £2.3 m (2015) , ...

. Before joining TASCHEN, she gained extensive international experience living and working in the UK,

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, and

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. Today Marlene divides her time between working from London, where she lives with her partner and young daughter, and from the company’s headquarters in Cologne.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taschen, Marlene 1985 births German publishers (people) Living people Businesspeople from Cologne