Wilhelm Simson

VIAG AG was Germany's 14th largest industrial corporation and one of its leading power utilities. Its activities were split into five groups: energy, telecommunications, aluminum, packaging, and chemicals. VIAG AG fused in the 2000 with the VEBA AG and formed new entity E.ON AG. VIAG AG was established in 1923

E. Merck KG operates as a holding company with interest in pharmaceutical preparations. It acts as a general partner that holds the majority of shares of the public company Merck KGaA. Merck KG is the parent company of all Merck companies yet it does not have any operating businesses itself. It makes the entrepreneurial policy decisions for the Merck Group. The company is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH engages in the publication and distribution of daily newspapers, business papers, and books. It also offers an electronic newspaper, which can be accessed via a mobile application. The company was founded in November 1949 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.