Martin Winterkorn
Martin Winterkorn ( born May 24, 1947 in Leonberg ) is a German manager, since 1 January 2007 CEO of Volkswagen AG since November 25, 2009 CEO of Porsche Automobil Holding SE.
Career
1966 Winterkorn began a study of metallurgy and metal physics at the University of Stuttgart. 1973-1977 he was a PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, where in 1977 Dr. rer. nat. received his doctorate.
After working in research at Robert Bosch GmbH, he joined in 1981 as the Assistant Director of Quality Assurance at Audi. In early 1988 he became head of the "central quality assurance " and two years later appointed head of Audi quality assurance.
In 1993 he became head of " Group Quality Assurance " at Volkswagen. In March 1994 he was appointed General Representative of Volkswagen AG, in June 1995, in addition to the person responsible for the product management of the Volkswagen Group. In January 1996 Winterkorn became brand manager for the " Technical Development " at the Volkswagen brand. As of July 2000, he was a member of the VW Group's Executive Board for the business " research and development".
On 1 March 2002 Winterkorn became chairman of the board of Audi AG. He led the brand newly formed group on 1 January 2002, Audi, were among the next Audi Seat and Lamborghini brands. He also headed since January 1, 2003, "Technical Development " by Audi. In his capacity as CEO of Audi AG Winterkorn sat since the board of Volkswagen AG.
After the approval of the Supervisory Board of 17 November 2006, he took effect on 1 January 2007, the successor of the VW Group CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder as CEO of Volkswagen AG. Here he took a full staff of employees, including, inter alia, the chief designer Walter de Silva Maria and development chief Ulrich Hackenberg. As a direct supervisor, he will continue to lead the business units in sales and research and development at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg.
On Wednesday, December 6, 2006, the former Head of the Division for Finance and Organization Rupert Stadler as successor Winterkorn was declared as CEO of Audi AG at the 4th Annual company meeting in 2006.
Martin Winterkorn was also appointed on 13 August 2009 as CEO of Porsche Automobil Holding after the agreed merger of corporations VW and Porsche.
Winterkorn has a Supervisory Board of FC Bayern München AG. Furthermore Winterkorn a Supervisory Board of Infineon Technologies AG.
In 2003 Winterkorn title of Honorary Professor of Technology and Economics Budapest University was awarded. On August 1, 2004, he was appointed Honorary Professor at the Technical University of Dresden for the field of lightweight materials in vehicle construction. He is also a member of the University Council at TU Dresden.
As chairman of Volkswagen, Winterkorn earned in fiscal 2011, 17.456 million euros - as much money as no one else Dax - chief before him. It kindled a sharp debate about excessive executive pay and their incompatibility in a social market economy, combined with the demand after the Act on the Appropriateness of Management Board Remuneration in no way had the compensation excesses can prevent the rules for the design of Executive Board compensation law to tighten further.
Winterkorn is a member of the University Council of the TU Braunschweig and also on the board of Atlantic Bridge eV, an association for the promotion of German - American understanding.
Family
Martin Winterkorn is married and has two children. He and his family are Catholic.
Awards
- 2006 Bavarian Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria
- 2007 Honorary Professor of Tongji University in Shanghai, which for years Volkswagen has close scientific contacts
- 2008 Medal of Merit of the State of Baden -Württemberg
- 2009 ring of honor of Garbsen
- 2011 honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Chemnitz
- 2012 Manager of the Year by Manager Magazin
- 2013 Dresden St. George Medal in the business category