A major art collector, in 2004 he opened Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, in a €20 million building designed by architect Richard Meier.
Through his active involvement in Partners in Tolerance, Burda supports Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation.
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Burda is CEO and owner of Hubert Burda Media, publishing more than 250 magazines inside and outside Germany, including Focus and Bunte.
He also wrote a commentary on the Arabic Qasidat-ul-Burda of al-Busiri and his most famous work, entitled Safarul ‘Ishq (Journey of Love), but better known as Saiful Maluk.
CEO Stefan Winners moves to Hubert Burda Media in October and takes over the Burda Digital division