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On his father's death in 1982 Quandt inherited 17.4% of BMW, [4] the company his father had saved from bankruptcy in 1959. From further purchases he later owned 23.7% of the company. [ 1 ] In 1997, he joined the company's supervisory board.
Zipse is an advocate of experimenting with and pioneering new technologies within the BMW group. Supporting the use of exoskeleton vests for workers at BMW's plant in Spartanburg, he stated: "We take out all opportunities to try something new, which we haven’t done so far. If the idea works in Spartanburg, we go somewhere else."
Chairman of BMW Group Harald Krüger (born 13 October 1965 in Freiburg im Breisgau , West Germany [ 1 ] ) is a German manager who served as the chairman of the board of management (CEO) for BMW ; he was replaced on 16 August 2019 by Oliver Zipse , after he declined to be considered for contract renewal in 2020.
BMW sponsors a number of awards in the visual arts. These include the BMW Art Journey award, which honors a young or mid-career artist in collaboration with Art Basel, and the BMW Painting Award, which was created to promote painting in Spain by finding new talent and showcasing their work. [70] [71]
In 2000, BMW disposed of the Land Rover marque to Ford Motor Company, severing his ties with the Rover Group. In 2005, he returned to England to become chairman and chief executive of BMW's subsidiary Rolls-Royce Motor Cars , where he oversaw steady sales growth and was involved in the development of the Rolls-Royce Ghost .
In 1987, Reithofer joined BMW as head of maintenance planning. From 1991 to 1994 he was director of the Body in White Production Division. From 1994 to 1997 Reithofer then became Technical Director of BMW South Africa. From 1997 to 2000, Reithofer was president BMW Manufacturing Corporation (USA), based in Spartanburg, South Carolina. [3]
Singh started his career in 1996 as a senior product manager at Dabur India Limited. [5] He then joined as an area sales manager with Hindustan Unilever in August 1998. In 2000, he was then promoted to senior brand manager, [6] where he was one of the key people to create the Brooke Bond master brand. He then held senior positions at Hindustan ...
He left Designworks in 2005 to be promoted to head up the Brand Design Studio, under the direction of the BMW Group Design Director Chris Bangle, [3] and in 2009 became Director of BMW Group Design, succeeding Chris Bangle as the head of design for the company. [4] As head of group design he oversees the design work of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce.