Matthias Müller (born 9 June 1953) is a German businessman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of

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from 25 September 2015 to 12 April 2018. He had been the CEO of its subsidiary,

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, since 2010 and has been Member of the executive board of

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since 2010.

Early life and education

Matthias Müller was born on 9 June 1953, in

Limbach-Oberfrohna Limbach-Oberfrohna is a town in the district of Zwickau (district), Zwickau in Saxony, Germany. Main sights * ''Schloss '' (Castle) Wolkenburg * Protestant church in Oberfrohna * ''Wasserturm '' ("Water Tower") * Limbach Municipal Church Town h ...

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. His family moved to West Germany in 1955, and he grew up in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

. After graduating from school in

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, Müller started an apprenticeship as a toolmaker at Audi, which he completed in 1977. He subsequently studied computer engineering science at the

Munich University of Applied Sciences The Munich University of Applied Sciences (HM) (german: Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München) was founded in 1971 and is the largest university of applied sciences in Bavaria with about 17,800 students. The Munich University of Appl ...

Career

Müller returned to Audi, taking a junior management position in the IT department in 1984. After joining the planning department in 1993, Müller became

product manager A product manager (PM) is a professional role that is responsible for the development of products for an organization, known as the practice of product management. Product managers own the product strategy behind a product (physical or digital), ...

for the

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; two years later he was given overall responsibility for

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at Audi. After

Martin Winterkorn Martin Winterkorn (born 24 May 1947) is a German former business executive who was chairman of the board of management (CEO, ''Vorstandsvorsitzender'' in German) of Volkswagen AG, the parent company of the Volkswagen Group, chairman of the supe ...

took over the management of Audi, Müller was appointed coordinator of the Audi and

Lamborghini Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. () is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi. Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916–1993) ...

model lines in 2002. In 2007 Winterkorn became boss of the VW Group and appointed Müller as general representative, later making him head of VW's product strategy, in control of all group brands. In October 2010, he was appointed CEO of

AG. In February 2014 he became chief information officer of

. On 25 September 2015, he was appointed CEO of

. He was ousted of his position as CEO of Volkswagen on April 12, 2018.

Dr. Herbert Diess Herbert Diess (born 24 October 1958) is an Austrian businessman, the current chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen Group, as well as the chairman of the board of management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand. Career BMW In ...

assumed Müller's position as CEO of Volkswagen AG.

References

External links

Bio at Porsche AG
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