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The Porsche family (also known as Porsche–Piëch family [1]) is a prominent Austrian-German family of industrialists descending from the Austrian-Bohemian-German automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. Its members control Porsche SE and have a majority voting right over Volkswagen AG, the largest automaker in the world.
Ferdinand Porsche [a] (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-Bohemian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG.He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.
Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (19 September 1909 – 27 March 1998), [1] mainly known as Ferry Porsche, was an Austrian-German technical automobile designer and automaker-entrepreneur. He operated Porsche AG in Stuttgart, Germany. His father, Ferdinand Porsche Sr. was also a renowned automobile engineer and founder of Volkswagen and Porsche.
Three new representatives of the Porsche and Piech family will take seats on the supervisory board of Porsche Automobil Holding (PSHG_p.DE), the company said on Friday, handing responsibility for ...
In keeping with the family name of founder Ferdinand Porsche, the company's name is pronounced [ˈpɔʁʃə] in German, which corresponds to / ˈ p ɔːr ʃ ə / ⓘ POR-shə in English, [103] homophonous with the feminine name Portia. However, in English it is often mispronounced as a single syllable / p ɔːr ʃ / ⓘ PORSH —without a final ...
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (11 December 1935 – 5 April 2012), also known by the nickname "Butzi", was a German designer whose best known product was the first Porsche 911. He is the son of Ferry Porsche , and the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche .
Louise Hedwig Anna Wilhelmine Piëch (née Porsche; 29 August 1904, in Wiener Neustadt – 10 February 1999, in Zell am See) was the daughter of automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. In 1928, she married Anton Piëch , [ 1 ] a lawyer from Vienna who from 1941 to 1945 led the KdF-Wagen ( Volkswagen ) factory in KdF-Stadt (present day Wolfsburg ).
The fraught dynamics between the sports car maker and parent company Volkswagen go all the way back to Porsche's roots. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...