Professor Dr. Martin Winterkorn (born 24 May 1947 in Leonberg, Germany) is the CEO of the Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG), and Chairman of Audi and Scania AB. He succeeded Bernd Pischetsrieder as CEO of Volkswagen AG on 1 January 2007. Prior to that, he had been the CEO of Volkswagen's Audi AG.
Winterkorn studied metallurgy and metal physics at the University of Stuttgart from 1966 to 1973. From 1973 to 1977 he was a Ph.D student at the Max-Plan...
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Professor Dr. Martin Winterkorn (born 24 May 1947 in Leonberg, Germany) is the CEO of the Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG), and Chairman of Audi and Scania AB. He succeeded Bernd Pischetsrieder as CEO of Volkswagen AG on 1 January 2007. Prior to that, he had been the CEO of Volkswagen's Audi AG.
Winterkorn studied metallurgy and metal physics at the University of Stuttgart from 1966 to 1973. From 1973 to 1977 he was a Ph.D student at the Max-Planck-Institute for Metal Research and Metal Physics, where he received his doctorate in 1977.
Winterkorn embarked on his career in 1977, as a specialist assistant in the research division "Process Engineering" at Robert Bosch GmbH. From 1978 to 1981, he headed the refrigerant compressor development group "Substances and Processes" at Robert Bosch GmbH and Bosch-Siemens-Hausgeräte GmbH.
In 1993 Winterkorn became head of "Group Quality Assurance" at Volkswagen AG, and was appointed General Manager of Volkswagen AG with power of attorney in March...
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