Anke Schäferkordt

Anke Schäferkordt (born 12 December 1962) is a German businessperson who served as CEO of the RTL Group from 2012 until 2017.

Schäferkordt grew up in the village of Henstorf, studied in a primary school in Kalletal and graduated in 1982 in Marianne-Weber-Gymnasium, Lemgo.

Then, she studied business administration at Paderborn University and graduated in 1988.

Schäferkordt began her professional career in the business management trainee program at Bertelsmann AG in Gütersloh.

Schäferkordt was with Bertelsmann subsidiary RTL from 1991.

For many years, she worked at the VOX television station, where she served as the managing director from 1999 to 2005.

In February 2005, Schäferkordt became Gerhard Zeilers' vice at RTL Germany.

On 1 September 2005 she took over as his successor the entire media group of RTL Alemanha; RTL Television, VOX, n-TV, RTL II, Super RTL, RTL NITRO, RTL Interactive, IP, infoNetwork e CBC.

Schäferkordt was at the same time managing director of the RTL Television station.

In 2007, Schäferkordt was named one of Europe's 25 top businesswomen in the Financial Times annual ranking.

In 2012, Schäferkordt became CEO of the international RTL Group in Luxembourg, but kept her jobs for another year in Germany.

In the same year, she was inducted into the German Advertising Hall of Fame.

Besides that, she won the International Emmy Award for Directorate Award in 2013.

On 1 February 2013 Schäferkordt handed over the position of CEO of RTL Television (Germany) to the managing director of VOX, Frank Hoffmann.

In the same year, she won the International Emmy Award for Directorate Award.

In 2017, Schäferkordt left the office as CEO of RTL Group.

In 2023, several German state governments led by the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) proposed Schäferkordt as a member of an expert group advising on a reform of country’s public broadcasting; however, she declined the appointment.