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Ferdinand Piëch

1937 - 2019

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Ferdinand Karl Piëch (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛʁdinant ˈpiːɛç] ; 17 April 1937 – 25 August 2019) 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. Piëch was pivotal in the advancement of technologies such as the TDI engine and the Quattro all-wheel-drive system, both of which played crucial roles in Volkswagen's success in the automotive industry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Piëch has received more than 904,172 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ferdinand Piëch is the 99th most popular businessperson (down from 89th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Austria (down from 210th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Businessperson.

Ferdinand Piëch is most famous for his work as the CEO of Volkswagen from 1993 to 2002. He was instrumental in the development of the VW Golf, which is one of the most popular cars in the world.

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  • 900k

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  • 62.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ferdinand Piëch ranks 99 out of 847. Before him are Gordon Moore, Eusebi Güell, Bertha Benz, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and Michele Ferrero. After him are Charlie Munger, Louis Chevrolet, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Christophe Plantin, Roy O. Disney, and Solomon R. Guggenheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ferdinand Piëch ranks 55. Before him are Robert Huber, Andrei Konchalovsky, Thomas Pynchon, David Hockney, Fernando de la Rúa, and Vladimir Arnold. After him are Paolo Conte, Robin Warren, Anatoly Sobchak, Lionel Jospin, George Carlin, and Song Hye-rim. Among people deceased in 2019, Ferdinand Piëch ranks 52. Before him are Kary Mullis, Li Peng, Prem Tinsulanonda, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Ágnes Heller, and Fernando de la Rúa. After him are Sydney Brenner, Moshe Arens, César Pelli, Demetris Christofias, Danny Aiello, and Isabel Sarli.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ferdinand Piëch ranks 240 out of 1,424. Before him are Josef von Sternberg (1894), Peter L. Berger (1929), Paul Lazarsfeld (1901), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), and Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418). After him are Otto Rank (1884), Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887), Michael Hainisch (1858), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), Karl Lueger (1844), and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Austria

Among businesspeople born in Austria, Ferdinand Piëch ranks 3. Before him are Dietrich Mateschitz (1944), and Mercédès Jellinek (1889). After him are Giovanni Battista Caproni (1886), Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909), Franz Josef Popp (1886), and Toto Wolff (1972).

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