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Ferdinand Porsche. (Boris Roessler / TT / NTB Scanpix)

Nu säljer Ferdinand Piëch nästan allt i Porsche

Volkswagens starke man, Ferdinand Piëch, säljer nu nästan allt han äger i Porsche SE, Volkswagens holdingbolag. Enligt ett pressmeddelande är det familjerna Porsche och Piëch, som tillsammans kontrollerar 52,2 procent av rösterna i Volkswagen, som köper aktierna av familjens tidigare överhuvud.

Den tyska affärstidningen Handelsblatt skriver att affären är en följd av en långvarig maktstrid som kom i dagen för två år sedan, i samband med att Piëch offentligt sade sig sakna förtroende för dåvarande koncernchefen Martin Winterkorn. Men Winterkorn fick ändå styrelsens stöd och flera, däribland Ferdinand Piëchs kusin, Wolfgang Porsche, krävde Piëchs avgång.

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Ferdinand Piëch
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Ferdinand Karl Piëch (born 17 April 1937) is an Austrian business magnate, engineer and executive who was the chairman of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender) of Volkswagen Group until 25 April 2015. A grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, Piëch started his career at Porsche, before leaving for Audi after an agreement that no member of the Porsche or Piëch families should be involved in the day-to-day operations of the company. Piëch eventually became the head of Audi, where he is credited with evolving and growing Audi into a competitor to equal Mercedes-Benz and BMW, thanks in part to innovative designs such as the Quattro and 100. In 1993, Piëch became the chairman and CEO of Volkswagen Group, which he is credited with turning into the large conglomerate it is today; He oversaw the purchase of Lamborghini and Bentley, as well as the founding of Bugatti Automobiles, all of which he integrated with the Volkswagen, Škoda, SEAT and Audi brands into a ladder-type structure similar to that used by Alfred Sloan at General Motors. Piëch was required to retire at age 65 per Volkswagen company policy, but he remained on its supervisory board and was involved in the company's strategic decisions until his forced resignation on 25 April 2015. Educated as an engineer, Piëch influenced the development of numerous significant cars including the Audi Quattro and notably, the Bugatti Veyron, which as of 2012 is the fastest, most powerful and most expensive road legal automobile ever built. Due to his influence on the automobile industry, Piëch was named the Car Executive of the Century in 1999.
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Porsche SE
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Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE (German pronun­cia­tion: [ˈpɔʁʃə]), is a German holding company with investments in the automotive industry. Porsche SE is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, a city district of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg and is owned by the Porsche and Piëch families. The company was founded in Stuttgart as Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche GmbH in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951) and his son-in-law Anton Piëch (1894–1952).
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