Awards & Recognition
★Karmarsch Medal from Leibniz Universitätsgesellschaft Hannover (2015) for performance in Continental AG development
★Mentioned in Harvard Business Review's 2018 ranking of world's best-performing CEOs
Notable Facts
→CEO of Continental AG from August 2009 to November 2020 (11+ years)
→Led Continental's turnaround from near-bankruptcy to DAX 30 return
→First DAX company CEO to sign PrOut at work contract for LGBTQ workplace acceptance
→Born January 29, 1959 in Dossenheim, Germany
→PhD in cleanroom technology from Fraunhofer Institute
→Aerospace Engineering degree from University of Stuttgart
→Resigned in 2020 for health reasons (hearing loss)
→Oversaw major restructuring affecting 30,000 jobs
→Known for 'values create value' leadership philosophy
→Speaker at Munich Management Colloquium on 'Growth through sharing'