United Internet

United Internet

United Internet is a listed company that offers Internet services. It is one of the largest of its kind in the German-speaking world and has an enormous reach with its Web.de and GMX portals. The Group's offering includes web hosting, cloud services, broadband connections and mobile phone contracts, including its own network infrastructure. The Group unites 16 brands at 40 locations worldwide and generates sales of over 6 billion euros (6.5 billion USD). Ralph Dommermuth laid the foundation stone in 1988 with the founding of 1&1 EDV-Marketing GmbH in Montabaur. Ten years later, the company went public as 1&1 Internet AG & Co. KGaA and finally changed its name to United Internet in 2000. This was followed by numerous takeovers under the umbrella of the holding company and an expansion of the business area to numerous countries in Europe and North America.

Key facts

Business Form

private

Legal Form

Corporation (Aktiengesellschaft)

Business Sectors

Mobile communications; broadband; web hosting; domain registration; online advertising; e-mail services; cloud services

Ownership

Individual Owner

Philipp Dommermuth

Philipp Dommermuth is the son of Ralph Dommermuth. He is the founder and owner of hi Immobilien GmbH, which offers property management services. He is also an investor in the construction of an outlet centre in Remscheid Lennep. His shares in United Internet AG are managed together with his father's shares by Ralph Dommermuth GmbH & Co. KG Beteiligungsgesellschaft.

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Media Outlets
Facts

Media Business

Online advertising

United Internet Media GmbH (78.3%)

Business

Broadband and mobile communications

1&1 AG (78%)

Telecommunications services for business customers

1&1 Versatel GmbH (100%)

E-mail services and advertising marketing

1&1 Mail & Media Applications SE (100%)

Webhosting

Ionos Group SE (63.8%)

Online marketing

Awin AG (20%)

Software solution

Open-XChange AG (25.3%)

Online Marketing

RankingCoach GmbH (31.5%)

General Information

Founding Year

1988

Affiliated Interests Founder

Ralph Dommermuth

He is co-founder and CEO of United Internet AG. Dommermuth began his professional career with an apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank and then worked for a PC retailer in his home town of Montabaur. It was there that he met Wendelin Abresch and founded 1&1 EDV Marketing GmbH with him. What was initially a marketing service provider grew into one of the largest Internet service providers in Europe. Through Ralph Dommermuth Beteiligungen GmbH, he holds shares in United Internet AG, but also in the football club Borussia Dortmund (5%) and property companies. In 2006, Dommermuth established the civil law foundation United Internet for UNICEF. He uses the reach of his GMX and Web.de portals to collect donations.

Employees

11000

Contact

Elgendorfer Straße 57

56410 Montabaur

Telefon: +49 2602 / 96 - 1100

Email: info@united-internet.de

Website: www.united-internet.de

Tax/ ID Number

DE149340676

Financial Information

Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)

€ 6.2 Billion / USD 6.7 Billion (2023)

Operating Profit (in Mill. $)

€ 233 Million / USD 252 Million (2023)

Advertising (in % of total funding)

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Management

Executive Board

Ralph Dommermuth

Co-founder and CEO of United Internet AG. Dommermuth began his professional career with an apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank and then worked for a PC retailer in his home town of Montabaur. It was there that he met Wendelin Abresch and founded 1&1 EDV Marketing GmbH with him. What was initially a marketing service provider grew into one of the largest Internet service providers in Europe. Through Ralph Dommermuth Beteiligungen GmbH, he holds shares in United Internet AG, but also in the football club Borussia Dortmund (5%) and property companies. In 2006, Dommermuth established the civil law foundation United Internet for UNICEF. He uses the reach of his GMX and Web.de portals to collect donations.

Supervisory Board

Philipp von Bismarck

an independent lawyer and managing partner of the investment firm Digital Transformation Capital Partners GmbH. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2020.

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