Timotheus Höttges


Timotheus Höttges is a German businessman who has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Telekom AG, the majority shareholder of T-Mobile US, since 2014.

Early life

He was born in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia. His father was an engineer, with three children.
He went to the August-Dicke-Schule in Solingen, one of four gymnasium schools in Solingen. He then did his Zivildienst – compulsory community work.

Education

Höttges received a degree in Business from the University of Cologne.

Career

VIAG AG

Höttges worked for VIAG in Munich from 1992. VIAG joined with VEBA in 2000 to form Düsseldorf-headquartered E.ON.

Deutsche Telekom AG

Höttges joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000. From 2006-09 he worked on the T-Home brand, for internet DSL customers, and developed the Telekom Entertain internet TV service into a market leader. He joined the company's board of directors on 5 December 2006. On 1 March 2009 he became Finance Director of Deutsche Telekom.
He then became CEO of Deutsche Telekom on 1 January 2014. Following BT Group's takeover of EE, formerly a joint venture of Deutsche Telekom and Orange, Höttges became a member of BT Group's board of directors.

Other activities

Corporate boards

Höttges lives with his wife and two sons in the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn, in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia. The headquarters of T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are in Bonn.