In 2009, this was how Reinhard Mohn - the man who turned Bertelsmann AG from an unremarkable, postwar German business into a media conglomerate that now employs 100,000 people in more than 60 countries around the world, including at Random House, Inc. - described the professional dedication of his wife, Liz Mohn. Born into a war-torn and seemingly hopeless world, this little girl from Wiedenbrück, Germany, grew into a strong, proactive woman.