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Martin Winterkorn

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Martin Winterkorn (born 24 May 1947) is a German former business executive who was chairman of the board of management (CEO, Vorstandsvorsitzender in German) of Volkswagen AG, the parent company of the Volkswagen Group, chairman of the supervisory board of Audi, and chairman of the board of management of Porsche Automobil Holding SE.He succeeded Bernd Pischetsrieder as CEO of Volkswagen AG in 2007. Prior to that, he had been the chairman of the board of management of the Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi AG.Winterkorn resigned from Volkswagen on 23 September 2015 after the Volkswagen emissions scandal was revealed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Winterkorn has received more than 640,186 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Martin Winterkorn is the 321st most popular businessperson (down from 314th in 2019), the 2,997th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,183rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Businessperson.

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  • 21

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Martin Winterkorn ranks 321 out of 601Before him are Edward Cave, Andrea Agnelli, Lei Jun, Bob Iger, Suge Knight, and David Koch. After him are Terry Gou, Peter Thiel, Vicente Calderón, Roy E. Disney, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, and Maurizio Arrivabene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Martin Winterkorn ranks 251Before him are Carlos Lopes, Mile Mrkšić, Ray Wise, Alan Thicke, Louis Michel, and David Chiang. After him are Lee Evans, Martin Ferrero, Jim Steinman, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Takeo Takahashi, and Michel Berger.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Winterkorn ranks 2,997 out of 6,142Before him are Heinrich Kiepert (1818), Ludwig Leichhardt (1813), Franz John (1872), Jürgen Schult (1960), Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803), and Hans Hotter (1909). After him are Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620), Max Slevogt (1868), Horst Frank (1929), Sebastian Franck (1499), and Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Martin Winterkorn ranks 34Before him are Hans Riegel (1923), Karl Rapp (1882), Henry E. Steinway (1797), Theo Albrecht (1922), Bertha Krupp (1886), and Siegfried Bing (1838). After him are Peter Thiel (1967), Herbert Hainer (1954), Albert Ballin (1857), Johanna Quandt (1926), Adolf Merckle (1934), and Susanne Klatten (1962).