Background
Hildebrandt, Ruediger was born on April 10, 1929 in Hiddesen, Germany. Son of Kurt Rudolf and Johanna (Granzow) Hildebrandt.
Hildebrandt, Ruediger was born on April 10, 1929 in Hiddesen, Germany. Son of Kurt Rudolf and Johanna (Granzow) Hildebrandt.
Student Leopoldinum, Detmold, Germany, 1936-1945.
Apprentice C. Schenks Buchhandlung, Detmold, 1945-1948. Clerk Albert Nauck and Company Verlag, Detmold, 1948-1950, Gerhard Stalling Verlag, Oldenburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1950-1951. Distribution manager Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne, Federal Republic Germany, 1951-1955.
Managing director Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1955-1979.
Knight of the Order of the Garter Saur Verlag, Munich, Federal Republic, Germany, 1979-1980, Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich, since 1981.
Member Evangelical Church.
Married Irmgard Bax, August 30, 1953. Children– January-Peter, Christian.