Ringier Serbia
Ringier Serbia was founded in 1996. From 2010-2022 it was part of the international Group Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, and since 2022 it is owned by the Swiss media group Ringier, which operates in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. Ringier Serbia is a leading media company known for its wide portfolio of digital and print publications. Two advertising portals also operate within the Company: mojauto.rs and nekretnine.rs. Ringier Central and Eastern Europe, which owns the company in Serbia, is a family company, founded in 1833 in Zofingen, Switzerland as a publishing and printing house. Today it is a multinational integrated media company and one of the most important media companies on the Swiss market, operating in Europe, Asia and Africa. Its portfolio includes around 110 brands from print and digital media, radio stations, ticketing, entertainment and e-commerce sectors, as well as leading online car, real estate and jobs advertising media. During 2020, around 6,800 employees in this company operating in 18 different countries generated an income of 953.7 million Swiss francs (approximately 1 billion USD). Already today, 69 percent of the profit from business activities comes from the digital area, where Ringier is the leader among European media companies.
Mother Company
Ringier Central and Eastern Europe AG
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Limited liability company
Business Sectors
Media publishing; Advertising; Technology
Individual Owner
Die Mobiliar
Founded in 1826, Die Mobiliar is one of the leading Swiss insurance companies that provides operating, building, liability, vehicle, life and term, accident and health, transportation and travel insurance, as well as, comprehensive insurance and pension products, services, and consulting services. According to its 2022 annual report, it had 6226 employees.
Mark Walder
Marc Walder was a professional tennis player and actively competed in ATP tournaments between 1984 and 1991. Following shoulder injury, he entered journalism in 1992, writing for the sports section of Swiss daily newspaper Blick, published by Ringier. Few years later, he became the editor-in-chief of Ringier’s weekly magazine Schweizer Illustrierte. After he graduated from the Advanced Executive Management Program at Harvard Business School in Boston in 2008, Walder started rising through Ringier's ranks and was appointed Chairman of the Group Executive Board of Ringier AG in April 2012. In 2018, he became managing partner at Ringier as he acquired a 10% stake at the company.
He also serves as a board member of numerous tech companies, such as sportradar, sports technology company and SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. Waldwer was awarded the honorary "Digital Economy Ambassador" prize for his commitment to the Swiss economy and the ICT sector in 2019.
Other Print Outlets
Blic žena
Elevate
Other TV Outlets
Blic TV
Other Online Outlets
Blic.rs
Noizz.rs
Sportal.rs
Ana.rs
Pulsonline.rs
Zena.rs
Business
Production
New digital (100%)
Foundation
Blic Foundation (founder)
General Information
Founding Year
1996
Affiliated Interests Founder
Prior to entering the media sector, Austrian Peter Kelbel was a spokesman in the government of Austrian Prime Minister Bruno Krajski. Together with Lupšić, he founded the daily Blic in 1996, and three years later the portal was launched. Before arriving in Serbia, they two were trying to establish newspapers in Prague and Bratislava. Lupsic and Klebel left Blic in 2001 when the company was taken over by the German company Bertelsmann, and later by the international company Ringier AG. After the founding of Blic, Klebel and Lupšić entered television production. Lupsic was the majority owner of Kosava TV, where he worked with Kelbel. Kelbel then took over two television stations in Germany: Berlin and Munich. Later, he added TV U1TV (today Schweiz 5) from Switzerland to the TV empire, and in 2008 he founded a television in the Principality of Liechtenstein, where he was the head of the program until his death. Peter Kelbel died in 2018 in Vienna at the age of 67.
Employees
212
Contact
Kosovska 10, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
T: +381 11 333 4 555
W: ringier.rs
Tax/ ID Number
Tax ID 100000889
ID 17134990
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
26,2 Mln USD / 2,8 Bn RSD (2022)
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
9,5 Mln USD/ 1 Bn RSD (2022)
Management
Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Supervisory Board
Further Information
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Meta Data
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