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Dieter Zetsche

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Dieter Zetsche is a German engineer and business executive born on 5 May 1953, who led the Daimler car group and its Mercedes-Benz brand for more than a decade. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, completed a doctorate at Paderborn University in 1982, and joined the research department of Daimler-Benz in 1976. After joining the DaimlerChrysler board of management in 1998 he served as president and chief executive of the Chrysler Group from mid-2000 to the end of 2005, where he was credited with a turnaround of its American operations. From 2006 until 22 May 2019 he was chairman of the board of management of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz, and he was the main influence behind the 2007 demerger of Daimler and Chrysler. In 2018 he was elected chairman of the supervisory board of the tourism company TUI.

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Automotive Industry, Industries
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Leadership, Practice Disciplines
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Chrysler Corporation, Companies and Brands
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Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Companies and Brands
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Germany

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is a German engineer and business executive
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Dieter Zetsche (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph [nationality]
    is a German engineer and business executive
  • Associated With: Leadership, Lead paragraph
    Zetsche was the chairman of the board of management at Daimler AG and the head of Mercedes-Benz until 22 May 2019
  • Led By: Chrysler Corporation, Career, Daimler
    was the president and CEO of Chrysler Group from mid-2000 to 31 December 2005
  • Led By: Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Lead paragraph [led-by]
    the head of Mercedes-Benz until 22 May 2019
  • Associated With: Automotive Industry, Career, Daimler [associated-with]
    Zetsche is credited with bringing significant core changes to Mercedes-Benz
  • In Group: Chief Executives and Senior Executives, Lead section
    was the chairman of the board of management at Daimler AG
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