Hans-Holger Albrecht
| Hans-Holger Albrecht | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 July 1963 Brussels, Belgium |
| Occupation | CEO, Deezer |
| Parent(s) |
Ernst Albrecht Heidi Adele Albrecht |
Hans-Holger Albrecht (born 1963) is a German businessman. He is CEO of Deezer, one of the largest music streaming services worldwide. Deezer offers more than 35 million tracks in over 180 countries to currently more than 16 million active monthly users. He is the brother of Ursula von der Leyen, German Federal Minister of Defence.
Hans-Holger was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1963 to Heidi Adele and Ernst (Carl Julius) Albrecht, a prominent CDU politician and European Commission official. In 1971, the family moved to Germany, where Ernst Albrecht became Premier of Lower Saxony (1976–1990). He grew up in Burgdorf in Germany. He graduated in Law at the University of Freiburg in Germany, studied at Yale University, and received a PhD at the University of Bochum in Germany.
He is a descendant of Baron Ludwig Knoop, a cotton merchant of the city-state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 19th century.
Hans-Holger worked for Daimler-Benz in 1990 and for the Luxembourg-based media group CLT forerunner of RTL Group. from 1991 to 1996. At CLT, he was responsible for all television activities and for business development in Germany and Eastern Europe. He worked on new projects for RTL2 in Germany, RTL 7 (Poland), RTL Klub in Hungary, and Channel 5 (UK), in the UK. He was also responsible for the launch of the Super RTL channel in Germany and for the development of CLT's digital TV project, Club RTL .
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