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The BMW group (including Mini and Rolls-Royce) produced 1,366,838 automobiles in 2006 and then 1,481,253 automobiles in 2010. [81] [82] BMW Motorcycles are being produced at the company's Berlin factory, which earlier had produced aircraft engines for Siemens.
Chairman of the Board of Management BMW Group Oliver Zipse (born 7 February 1964) [ 1 ] is a German business executive who has been the chairman of the board of management ( CEO ) of BMW since 16 August 2019.
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.
BMW Headquarters in Munich BMW Group Classic in Munich BMW logo on a 1939 motorcycle. The official founding date of the German motor vehicle manufacturer BMW is 7 March 1916, when an aircraft producer called Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (formerly Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik) was established. [1] [2] This company was renamed to Bayerische Motoren Werke ...
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.
Susanne Hanna Ursula Klatten (née Quandt, born 28 April 1962) is a German billionaire heiress, the daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt.As of January 2022, her net worth was estimated at US$23.4 billion, and the richest woman in Germany and the 50th richest person in the world according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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 .
When Quandt's father died in 1954, the Quandt group was a conglomerate of about 200 businesses including the battery manufacturer, several metal fabrication companies, textile companies and chemical companies (including Altana AG). It also owned about 10% of car company Daimler-Benz and about 30% of BMW.