Dr. Rainer ESSER Chief Executive Officer, DIE ZEIT; Managing Director, DvH Medien GmbH
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| 1975-1977 | Trainee with Deutsche Bank AG in Hannover |
| 1977-1982 | Law Studies in Munich, Geneva and London |
| 1982-1983 | Master of Law the University of Gerogia in Athens, USA |
| 1986 | Second Legal State Examination |
| 1986-1987 | Education as Editor at Deutsche Journalistenschule (German Journalists School) in Munich |
| 1987-1989 | Lawyer at the international law offices Nörr, Stiefenhofer & Lutz, Munich and |
| Stegemann, Sieveking & Lutteroth, Hamburg | |
| 1989 | PhD in International Law at the University of Regensburg |
| 1989-1992 | Editor in Chief at Bertelsmann International, Munich (Spotlight, Ecoute, ECOS and ADESSO) |
| 1995-1999 | Managing Director of Main-Post Publishing House, Würzburg |
| since 1999 | CEO of DIE ZEIT |
| since 2011 | Managing Director of DvH Medien GmbH (DIE ZEIT, Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt, Tagesspiegel) |
