Jan Bayer is a businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies. Presently, Mr. Bayer occupies the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board for Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, Chairman-Management Board at Hamburger Abendblatt Kundenservice GmbH and Chairman-Management Board at The Welt Group. Mr. Bayer is also on the board of StepStone Deutschland AG, eMarketer, Inc., meinestadt.de GmbH and Business Insider, Inc. and President-News Media at Axel Springer SE.

In his past career he held the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board of Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG and Publishing Manager at sueddeutsche.de GmbH.