Anke Schäferkordt

Anke Schäferkordt (born 12 December 1962) is a German businessperson who was CEO of the RTL Group from 2012 until 2017. She won the International Emmy Award for Directorate Award in 2013.

Early life and education 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 Schäferkordt was at the same time managing director of the RTL Television station.

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.

On 1 February 2013 Schäferkordt handed over the position of CEO of RTL Television (Germany) to the managing director of VOX, Frank Hoffmann. In 2017, Schäferkordt left the office as CEO of RTL Group.

Other activities BMW, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020) Wayfair, Member of the board of directors (since 2019) Serviceplan, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2019) BASF, Member of the Supervisory Board (2010–2022) M6 Group, Member of the Supervisory Board (2015–2018) Software AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2010–2015)

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