Timotheus Höttges (born 18 September 1962) is a

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businessman who has been serving as

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of Deutsche Telekom AG, the majority shareholder of

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, since 2014.

Early life

He was born in

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(''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

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s) in Solingen. He then did his ''Zivildienst'' – compulsory community work.

Education

Höttges received a degree in Business (''Betriebswirtschaftslehre'') from the

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(''Universität zu Köln'').

Career

VIAG AG

Höttges worked for VIAG in Munich from 1992. VIAG merged with

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(Düsseldorf) in 2000 to form

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-headquartered E.ON.

Deutsche Telekom AG

Höttges joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000. From 2006-09 he worked on the T-Home brand, for internet

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customers, and developed the

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(former T-Home Entertain)

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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 then became CEO of Deutsche Telekom on 1 January 2014, succeeding

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in that role. Following

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's takeover of EE, formerly a

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of Deutsche Telekom and

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, Höttges became a member of BT Group's board of directors.

Other activities

Corporate boards

, Chairman Board of Directors * Daimler, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020) * FC Bayern Munich, Member of the Supervisory Board *

, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (since 2016) * Henkel, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2016) * EE Limited, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (-2014) *

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, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (2011-2013)

Non-profit organizations

* Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, Chairman of the Board of Trustees *

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(ERT), Member *

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(ESMT), Member of the Board of Trustees * Federation of German Industries (BDI), Member of the Presidium (2017-2019) * Deutsche Sporthilfe, Member of the Foundation’s Council (since 2015)Thomas Bellut und Timotheus Höttges im Stiftungsrat
Deutsche Sporthilfe, press release of September 1, 2015.

Personal life

Höttges lives with his wife and two sons in the

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district of

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, in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia. The headquarters of T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are in Bonn.

References

External links

LinkedIn Profile

Deutsche Telekom

Instagram Profile
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