| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Category: | Business magazine |
| Company: | Hubert Burda Media |
| Publisher: | Focus Magazin Verlag |
| Founded: | 2000 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Based: | Munich |
| Language: | German |
| Website: | Focus Money |
| Issn: | 1615-4576 |
| Oclc: | 85602834 |
Focus Money (stylized in all caps) is a business magazine published in Munich, Germany. It is one of the spin-offs of the German news magazine Focus and has been in circulation since 2000.
Focus Money was first published on 30 March 2000.[1] [2] [3] Its slogan was "Fakten machen Geld" (German: "Facts make money").[2] The magazine is part of Hubert Burda Media[4] and is published by Focus Magazin Verlag weekly on Wednesdays.[5] Its headquarters is in Munich.[5]
The magazine covers articles on business, politics, companies, finance, tax, law, investment, insurance, telecommunications, motoring and careers. Its target audience is decision makers in business and in society.[6] It annually publishes a list of major German tax consultancy and audit firms.[7]
The first editor-in-chief of Focus Money was Manfred Schumacher who resigned from the post on 5 April 2000, only five days after the start of the magazine.[3] Frank Pöpsel replaced him in the post.[1] [6]
In 2005 Focus Magazine started an e-paper, Der Vermögensverwalter (German: The Asset Manager), which is emailed to subscribers.[8]
In 2001 Focus Money had a circulation of 149,000 copies.[9] The magazine sold 135,751 copies during the first quarter of 2005.[1] The circulation of the magazine was down to 142,210 copies in 2010.[10] During the first quarter of 2015, its circulation was down to 126,846 copies.[6] In the fourth quarter 2016 the magazine sold 123,378 copies.[11]