Founder of Stiftung Christliche Medien, Friedhelm Loh is a businessperson who has been the head of 11 different companies and holds the position of Managing Director at DreiWerte GmbH, Managing Director at Friedhelm Loh Beteiligungs GmbH, Chairman of Rittal Electro-Mechanical Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Chairman of Rittal Corp. and Chairman & Partner at Rittal GmbH & Co. KG.

He is also on the board of Klöckner & Co. SE and Rittal Holdings Ltd. and Chairman-Management Board at Stiftung Christliche Medien and Chairman-Management Board at Friedhelm Loh Stiftung & Co. KG.

In his past career he occupied the position of Chairman at Rittal Electrical Equipment (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Co-Managing Director at Blech-Service Nordhausen GmbH & Co.KG., President at Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V., Vice President for Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. and Chief Executive Officer of Rittal Scandinavian AB.