Dieter von Holtzbrinck (born 29 September 1941 in Stuttgart) is one of the heirs to the Holtzbrinck publishing empire, founded by his father Georg von Holtzbrinck (1909–1983) in 1948. In 2006, his wealth was estimated at around US$1 billion. He was a director of Dow Jones & Co. Inc., until he resigned on 19 July 2007, showing his disagreement with the takeover of the company by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. See also Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group :de:Dieter von Holtzbrinck Medien List of billionaires References External links Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People Holtzbrinck's resignation from the Dow Jones Board German mass media owners German publishers (people) 1941 births Living people German billionaires 20th-century German newspaper publishers (people) 21st-century German newspaper publishers (people) Businesspeople from Stuttgart Der Tagesspiegel people