[1] The magazine was owned and published by Gruner + Jahr.

[3] In January 2013 the magazine was acquired by Impulse Medien GmbH of which majority stake is held by Nikolaus Förster.

[1][4] The publisher of the magazine, headquartered in Hamburg, is also Impulse Medien GmbH.

[5] On 1 February 2006 Klaus Schweinsberg was appointed editor-in-chief of the magazine,[6] which targets decision makers, management consultants, investors and entrepreneurs.

[1][8] Before the unification of Germany Impulse had an East German edition, which was launched in 1990 and was published also monthly.