[4] Liz Mohn represents the fifth generation of the family that founded and continues to play a leading role at the Bertelsmann media group.

[10][11] The Liz Mohn Center bundled her projects promoting international understanding, on business topics with a focus on issues of modern management, along with those in the cultural field.

[12] Mohn has been recognized with numerous awards for her extensive civic engagement, among them the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

[36] As a result of her dual role at the company and the foundation, Liz Mohn has received considerable media attention.

[43] Organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the competition has since become an internationally recognized forum for discovering up-and-coming opera singers.

[44][45][46] In addition, Mohn initiated a project in 1999 for promoting music appreciation and education among children, especially in primary schools.

[56] The foundation carries out numerous activities: staging musicals for children and young people, for example, and awarding scholarships to opera singers.

[57][58] To achieve its goals, the foundation partners with the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden and other organizations.

[2] In 1996, she was awarded the European Philanthropy Prize [de], the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Charity Bambi.

[73] In 2016, Xavier Bettel, prime minister of Luxemburg, awarded her the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown.