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Ferdinand Piëch
Ferdinand Karl Piëch was an Austrian business magnate, engineer, and executive who held the positions of chairman of the executive board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002, and chairman of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender) from 2002 to 2015.
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business · Austrian industrialist (1937–2019), head of Volkswagen · inventor · business executive · entrepreneur · university teacher · mechanical engineer · industrialist · design engineer · merchant · manager · engineer · also Ferdinand Piëch, Ferdinand Karl Piëch, Fery Piëch, Ferdinand K. Piëch, Piëch
Born 17 April 1937 · Died 25 August 2019 · Q78713
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2019· 4 entries
Yahoo: Ferdinand Piech, longtime Volkswagen patriarch, dies at 82
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Automotive News: Ferdinand Piech, engineer who forged VW into giant, dies at 82
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Died 2019-08-25.
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2017· 1 entry
Piëch sold the majority of his ordinary shares in Porsche Automobil Holding SE to the Porsche and Piëch families
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2014· 1 entry
Fellow automotive executive Bob Lutz recounted a conversation he had with Piëch at the Frankfurt Auto Show in the early 1990s, in which he remarked how he was impressed with the fit and finish and tight body tolerances o
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2012· 1 entry
Marking Volkswagen's entry into the motorcycle market
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2011· 2 entries
Was awarded the title of "Auto Star of the Decade" by the trade and business newspaper Automobilwoche
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Manager Magazin named Piëch the most important manager since 1971, recognizing his achievements for the German economy and the automotive industry
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2010· 1 entry
And threatened its management, Suzuki won the case to terminate its partnership with Volkswagen at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce after Piëch fell from power, and could di
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2003· 2 entries
Won Grashof Commemorative Medal (2003).
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Received the Grashof Medal from the Association of German Engineers
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2002· 2 entries
Won Wilhelm Exner Medal (2002).
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Career landmark: chairman of the supervisory board (2002–2015).
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2001· 2 entries
Won Karmarsch Medal (2001).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Ingolstadt (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Piëch was appointed chairman of Scania AB
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1999· 2 entries
Piëch was named Automotive Manager of the 20th Century by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation
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And was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2014
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1997· 1 entry
Piëch rode along and asked for his opinion on how its chassis and driving dynamics could be improved
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1993· 5 entries
Because Piëch was not satisfied with the sales figures
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Piëch moved to the parent company of Volkswagen AG, becoming the Chairman of the Board of Management, succeeding Carl Hahn
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Piëch brought José Ignacio López and seven of his employees from General Motors to head the newly created board division for production optimization and procurement
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Piëch made very few compromises regarding quality and was very interested in understanding the causes of manufacturing problems and eliminating them
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Career landmark: chairperson of the executive board (1993–2002).
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson of the executive board (1988–1992).
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1984· 1 entry
He was married to his second wife Ursula Piëch from 1984 to his death, he lived with her in retirement in Salzburg, Austria.
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1983· 1 entry
And in 1988 became chairman of the board of management
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1971· 1 entry
High development costs and profitability concerns meant the vehicle never left the prototype stage, with all 48 prototypes destroyed soon after
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1968· 1 entry
Made a bold and risky move by unexpectedly constructing the Group 4 Sportscars minimum of twenty-five Porsche 917s which allowed the use of 5,000 cc (310 cu in) engines instead of 3,000 cc (180 cu in) for prototypes, cat
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1962· 1 entry
From ETH Zurich in Switzerland with a degree in mechanical engineering, having written a master's thesis on the development of a Formula One (F1) engine
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-04-17.
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