Germany’s largest magazine publisher is jointly managed by Elisabeth Varn and Manuela Kampp-Wirtz. Each member of this board will assume both the vertical responsibility for individual product segments and the horizontal responsibility for specific, organization-wide functions.

Manuela Kampp-Wirtz joined Burda in 2012 as the CEO of the former BurdaStyle Group. In this role, she played a significant part in the digital transformation of BurdaVerlag and was responsible for launching Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire in the German market. The communications science graduate, who was previously responsible for Vogue, Glamour, and Myself at Condé Nast Germany before joining BurdaVerlag, took over as Co-CEO of BurdaVerlag on December 1, 2022. Manuela Kampp-Wirtz oversees the publishing divisions of Lifestyle and News, as well as BurdaVerlag Data Publishing and the research institute FactField, which are closely connected to the News division. She also leads the expansion of BurdaVerlag’s digital business models and is responsible for the TV and podcast production company BurdaStudios, the affiliate platform tracdelight, the Influencer Hub, and the investment unit TEC.

Elisabeth Varn was appointed Co-CEO of BurdaVerlag in December 2022. In this role, she manages both the print and digital product portfolio of Women & Entertainment, Health, Garden & Living, Food, Screens and Kids. She is also responsible for the cross-functional units of Finance, Business Technology, Operations and Sales. In addition, she is a member of the supervisory board of Immediate Media in the UK. Since joining Burda Publishing in 2009, she has played a central role in the growth and strategic direction of Burda's national publishing business. Prior to that, she was a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, specializing in the Media & Entertainment sector. In this role, she worked internationally across Europe, Russia and the Middle East. She holds a degree in business administration from the University of Mannheim.