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GROUP 360° September 2019 Volkswagen Mourns the Loss of Ferdinand Piëch The former CEO and Supervisory Board Chair died in late August at the age of 82 – the company is now honoring his many great achievements he Volkswagen Group is mourning its CEO and Supervisory Board Chair of many years, T Ferdinand Piëch. The Supervisory Board and Executive Board expressed condolences to the family on behalf of all of Volkswagen’s 660,000 employees and recognized Piëch’s many great achievements at Volkswagen, the Group brands and the development of the automobile in general. SUPERVISORY BOARD CHAIRMAN HANS DIETER PÖTSCH: “Ferdinand Piëch wrote automotive his- Visionary: Ferdinand Piëch in the L1. tory – as a passionate manager, brilliant engineer and visionary entrepreneur. Since the 1960s, he has played a key role in shaping, driving and molding the development of the automobile, the industry and, above all, Volkswagen into a global mobility group. Our company and the people who work within it can only express their unending thanks to Professor Piëch. We bow our heads with respect for his life’s work. We mourn his loss alongside his family. And we will always honor his memory and the memory of his life’s work.” GROUP CEO HERBERT DIESS: “Ferdinand Piëch was courageous – a consummate businessman and a bril- liant technical mind. As a young engineer, he turned An early passion for automobiles: Ferdinand Piëch (right) with Porsche into a viable racing brand with legendary his grandfather, Ferdinand Porsche. cars like the 917 and the victory at Le Mans. When he began at Audi in 1972, he helped pioneer inno- TRIBUTES vations such as quattro drive and the TDI engine, CHAIR OF THE GENERAL AND GROUP WORKS taking its cars to the forefront of technology and, COUNCIL BERND OSTERLOH: “I will remember as Chairman of the Board, shaped it into a premium Ferdinand Piëch as a great executive and engineer brand. As head of the Volkswagen Group, Ferdinand who served the Volkswagen Group sustainably and Piëch consistently forged ahead with international- successfully in the highest role. We as the work- Shaping the Group: Ferdinand Piëch was Chair of the Board of Volkswagen AG from izing the company, integrated Bentley, Lamborghini 1993 to 2002. He then took over as Chair of the Supervisory Board until 2015. force are still grateful for the contribution Ferdinand and Bugatti into the Group, and made our volume Piëch made to the compromise on the introduction brands competitive globally through a of the four-day week, which saved 30,000 jobs in Bonding with the work- stringent platform strategy. He integrated Wolfsburg at the time. And later, in his role as Chair force: Ferdinand Piëch Scania and MAN into the Group, lay- celebrating a production of the Supervisory Board, he repeatedly demonstrated ing the foundations for us to become a milestone. a sincere sense of responsibility for jobs at the competitive commercial vehicle provider Volkswagen Group. Without Ferdinand Piëch, internationally. His keen technical skills Volkswagen would not be where it is today. For this saw him and his development teams we owe him our gratitude and appreciation.” repeatedly push the limits of what is pos- Regular guests at the GTI Meeting at sible, from the world’s first one-liter car Wörthersee: Ferdinand LOWER SAXONY’S MINISTER PRESIDENT to the Bugatti Veyron’s 1,001 bhp engine. Piëch and his wife STEPHAN WEIL: “Ferdinand Piëch’s death marks Above all else, Ferdinand Piëch brought Ursula with the mayor the passing of one of the greatest entrepreneurs in quality and perfectionism to automotive of Reifnitz. the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. His engineering and has deeply anchored service to Volkswagen and, as a result, to Lower this in Volkswagen’s DNA. I look upon Saxony, was great and lasting. His name is synony- his life’s work with gratitude and great mous with Volkswagen’s rise to a global enterprise. respect.” I very much regretted that the long-standing pos- itive cooperation enjoyed with the state of Lower Piëch began his career at Audi in Saxony had to be terminated in 2015 under difficult 1972.