Münchner Merkur

August Huck, born in 1889, was active in the German publishing and printing business. Before World War I, he owned an impressive conglomerate of print media, including the Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, Breslauer Neueste Nachrichten, Leipziger Zeitung, Münchner Zeitung, Bayerische Zeitung, Württemberger Zeitung, and Kasseler Neueste Nachrichten. He held a dominant position in the former Münchener Zeitungsverlag KG. This publishing house had published the predecessor of the Münchner Merkur, the Münchener Zeitung. Since Huck and his heir Wolfgang were only formally incriminated as members of the NSDAP, they were no longer considered as publishers by the American occupation administration in 1945. Nevertheless, they still held 57% of the publishing capital; the remaining owners were his three nephews (Joachim, Harald, and Gerhard Huck) and the publishing director Hermann Vitalowitz (1890-1965). The latter had meanwhile founded the Neue Münchner Verlags GmbH, which published the Münchner Mittag and leased buildings and machinery from Huck's Münchener Zeitungsverlag KG. On January 1, 1953, Münchener Zeitungsverlag was formed. Wolfgang Huck contributed his real estate and the printing plant, while Neue Münchner Verlags GmbH contributed the newspaper.

Daniel Schönigh is Dirk Ippen's nephew and closely involved in his business affairs. He holds a 30% stake in the publishing house F. Wolff & Sohn KG. He is the managing director of F. Wolff & Sohn KG, Münchner Zeitungs-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, and other companies owned by the Ippen family.

Georg Anastasiadis has been editor-in-chief of Merkur.de since 2016. The Munich-born economist began his career at Münchner Merkur and advanced from a simple editor to senior editorial management. In addition to his role as editor-in-chief, he is also a member of the management board of Merkur tz Redaktions GmbH.

Managing Director of Ippen Digital Media GmbH. He holds an 8% stake in the publishing house F. Wolff & Sohn KG and is considered the digital strategist of the Ippen Group. Ippen trained as a banker and studied industrial engineering in Munich. In 2005, Ippen joined the Markt Group as head of IT, which at the time was jointly owned by the Funke Media Group, the Rheinische Post, and the Ippen Group. In 2006, he founded Ippen Digital as a service provider and developer for Internet platforms within the newspaper group and as operator of the Ippen central editorial office. In 2011, the content agency Ippen Digital Media, which also serves external customers, was added.

Dr. Harald Brenner works as a lawyer in Munich, but is also the managing director of several companies in the Ippen conglomerate, such as G.T. Werbung GmbH (together with Daniel Schöningh) and Altena Zeitungsverlag (together with Dirk Ippen).