The 1980s: Division of the company following Franz BurdaвЂ™s death and Burda Moden conquers Russia Burda is continuously evolving, and that will never change. The ability to tap these products вЂ“ to kindle enthusiasm and create bonds with our customers, readers and users вЂ“ will remain the cornerstone of entrepreneurial success in the future. Digitalization enables Hubert Burda Media to develop new media products and build new relationships with consumers. The media industry has changed rapidly in recent years, with the consumer Internet powering the pace. Historically speaking, Burda has always combined tradition with renewal and a cosmopolitan mindset with down-to-earth pragmatism. Germany continues to be its wellspring of inspiration: the group's companies are represented at more than 20 sites throughout the country, with the most important locations in Offenburg, Munich, Hamburg and Berlin. The group is represented around the world, with more than 600 media brands in 16 countries and a workforce of some 12,300. Today, Hubert Burda Media generates more than half its sales in this sector. Since the mid-1990s he has played a pioneering role in developing digital business models. When Franz Burda II stepped down in 1987, his son Hubert Burda took over the reins. Mikhail Gorbachev's wife Raissa helped pave the way: ' Burda ModenВ is my contribution to the democratization of women in the Soviet Union.' Even before the fall of the Iron Curtain, her Burda ModenВ became the first Western magazine to appear in the USSR. His wife Aenne Burda also pursued international goals. In the 1970s and 1980s, he built new printing works in the United States, and during this period Burda became the world's largest gravure printer. He was a visionary and a founding father of the country's postwar 'miracle,' its economic revival in the mid-20th century. His son, Franz Burda II, evolved the three-man plant into one of Germany's largest printing and publishing houses. In 1903, Franz Burda I laid the foundations for the family company in Philippsburg five years later he relocated its headquarters to Offenburg.

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