Dibelius

The bishop of Berlin-Brandenburg, Otto Dibelius, who was otherwise critical of the Nazis, was outraged at what he considered foreign atrocity propaganda, seeing a baseless rerun of the lurid stories printed during World War I. He little suspected what he was defending.

Dr. Dibelius, 35, is a facial plastic surgeon in private practice in Manhattan.

Private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners on Sunday said it acquired a majority stake in privately held German sports-betting company Tipico Co., the first deal for the financial investor in Europe’s largest economy since it hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s former Germany head Alexander Dibelius last June.

CVC has just bought the theater production company Stage and the German perfume business Douglas, and recently hired Goldman Sachs dealmaker Alex Dibelius as a managing partner.

Blessing has run investment banking alongside co-head Wolfgang Fink under the leadership of Goldman Sachs's country head Alexander Dibelius.