Timotheus Höttges
German businessman
Timotheus Höttges (born 18 September 1962) is a German business executive who has been chief executive officer of Deutsche Telekom AG, the majority shareholder of T-Mobile US, since 2014.2
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Born Sep 18, 1962.1
Companies
- Deutsche TelekomChief executive officer Jan 1, 2014 to now9
- Deutsche TelekomChief financial officer9
- Deutsche TelekomChair9
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Cologne3
He was born in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen). His father was an engineer. He went to the August-Dicke-Schule in Solingen, one of four gymnasium schools in Solingen. He then did his Zivildienst – compulsory community work.
Höttges received a degree in Business (Betriebswirtschaftslehre) from the University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln).
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Career
Occupation: entrepreneur, chairperson of the executive board, chief executive officer, manager, general manager, board member.6
- Since 2014Chief executive, Deutsche Telekom5
- Date not recordedChairperson of the executive board, chief financial officer, Deutsche Telekom4
VIAG AG
In 1992, Höttges began working for VIAG in Munich. VIAG merged with VEBA (Düsseldorf) in 2000 to form Düsseldorf-headquartered E.ON.
Deutsche Telekom AG
Höttges joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000. From 2006-09 he worked on the T-Home brand, and helped develop the Telekom Entertain (former T-Home Entertain) internet TV service. He joined the company's board of directors on 5 December 2006. On 1 March 2009 he became Finance Director of Deutsche Telekom.
Höttges then became CEO of Deutsche Telekom on 1 January 2014, succeeding René Obermann. Following BT Group's takeover of EE, formerly a joint venture of Deutsche Telekom and Orange, Höttges became a member of BT Group's board of directors.
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Corporate boards
T-Mobile US, Chairman Board of Directors
Daimler, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)
BT Group, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (2016–2021)
Henkel, Member of the Supervisory Board (2016–2021)
FC Bayern Munich, Member of the Supervisory Board (2010–2021)
EE, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (-2014)
OTE, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (2011-2013)
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Personal life
Höttges lives with his wife and two sons in the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn.
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- 1WikidataTimotheus Höttges on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaTimotheus Höttges on Wikipedia
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- 10Wikimedia CommonsTimotheus Höttges photo by Sebaso, CC BY-SA 4.0