Timotheus Höttges
Timotheus Höttges (born 18 September 1962) is a German businessman and Chief Executive of Deutsche Telekom AG, who owns T-Mobile.
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).[1][2]
Career
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 [3]
Personal life
He lives with his wife and two sons 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.
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| Preceded by René Obermann |
Chief Executive of Deutsche Telekom January 2014- |
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Finance Director of Deutsche Telekom March 2009- |
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Managing Director of Telekom Deutschland April 2002-January 2005 |
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Finance Director of Telekom Deutschland September 2000-April 2002 |
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