RB Leipzig must look for a new club boss. After the death of founder Dietrich Mateschitz, Oliver Mintzlaff is promoted to managing director of the Red Bull Group. The Bundesliga soccer team confirmed corresponding media reports on Friday morning. Mintzlaff moves to the RBL supervisory board.
Almost two weeks after Death of Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz the Austrian shower and sports entertainment group is pushing ahead with the succession plan. And Oliver Mintzlaff, the previous CEO of the Bundesliga soccer club RB Leipzig, plays a central role in this.
Mintzlaff manages Red Bull sports entertainment and Servus TV
The 47-year-old resigned from the club founded by Mateschitz in 2009 and will become one of three managing directors at the group headquarters in Fuschl am See from November 15th. RBL has previously had conflicting reports of the picture-Newspaper and the German press agency (dpa) in a short message now officially confirmed. It was also announced there that Mintzlaff was moving to the RBL supervisory board.
According to the reports, the employees were informed of the personnel on Friday (November 4th). The former track and field athlete, who has led RB Leipzig since 2014, is responsible for the so-called “Corporate Projects and Investments” branch of the group. Behind this lies the responsibility for all sports business activities, including in football (RB Leipzig, RB Salzburg, New York Red Bulls, RB Bragantino), ice hockey (EHC RB Munich, EC RB Salzburg), sailing and Formula 1 with the world champion team of Max Verstappen . In addition, Mintzlaff is to run the in-house television station ServusTV to lead.
RBL tip: No direct successor at first
Noisy dpa there will initially be no direct successor at the head of RB Leipzig. Mintzlaff was enthroned in the hierarchy, who only extended his contract in the trade fair city last year until 2026, as CEO at the top. Florian Hopp (finance) and Johann Plenge (corporate management) are also on the board. The former Springer journalist Florian Scholz operates as Commercial Director Sport and “Chief Marketing Officer”. As of December, the former Gladbacher Max Eberl resigned as sports director at the Cottaweg.
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