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title: "Deutsche Bahn: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. With its head office in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-deutsche-bahn
type: Organization
wikidata: Q9322
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bahn
website: https://www.deutschebahn.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
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# Deutsche Bahn

> Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. With its head office in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: Germany
- Founded: 1994-01-01
- Headquarters: BahnTower
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.deutschebahn.com/
- Employees: 336,990 (as of 2021-12-31)
- Also known as: German national railway company
- Industries: logistics, rail transport, business and other management consulting

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/db_bahn
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deutschebahn
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mt3dnnvrYPNwYsMoqM18Q
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschebahn
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deutschebahn

## Key people

- Michael Peterson, board member (Deutsche Bahn AG manager)
- Martin Seiler, board member
- Bernhard Osburg, board member
- Evelyn Palla, director (manager from South Tyrol; head of Deutsche Bahn AG since October 2025), since 2025-10-01
- Thilo Sarrazin (German economist and politician)
- Ronald Pofalla (German politician (CDU))
- Werner Müller (German manager and politician (1946–2019))
- Hartmut Mehdorn (German manager and CEO)
- Sabina Jeschke (German mechanical engineer)
- Rüdiger Grube (German businessman)
- Christoph Franz (Swiss-German businessman)
- Hani Azer (Egyptian civil engineer)
- Detlef Müller (German politician (1964-))
- Otto Wiesheu (German politician)
- Johannes Ludewig (Chairman of Deutsche Bahn)
- Evelyn Palla (manager from South Tyrol; head of Deutsche Bahn AG since October 2025)

## Revenue

- 2014-01-01: EUR 39.7 billion (Wikidata)
- 2015-01-01: EUR 40.5 billion (Wikidata)
- 2016-01-01: EUR 40.6 billion (Wikidata)
- 2018-01-01: EUR 44.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2020-01-01: EUR 39.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2021-01-01: EUR 47.1 billion (Wikidata)

## Ownership

Parent: Germany
Subsidiaries: DB Regio, DB Schenker Logistics, DB Fernverkehr, DB Netze, DB Schenker, Arriva, DB AutoZug, DB Netz, DB Services, Stinnes AG, Arriva Transport Česká republika, Arriva International Limited, Notfallleitstelle der Deutschen Bahn, DB SEV GmbH, DB International Operations

## Products

- rail transport

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Deutsche Bahn, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-deutsche-bahn#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9322, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bahn

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