Friedrich Baur (Manager)

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Friedrich Baur (born June 23, 1927 Schrozberg ; † July 9, 2006 ) was a German industrial manager. He was a member of the executive board of Siemens AG and was chairman of the board of the Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1946, he studied electrical engineering in Stuttgart . During his studies he joined the Stuttgart and Munich Wingolf . In 1953 he completed his studies with a doctorate . In the same year he began his professional career in the central laboratory in Munich (communications measuring equipment area) of what was then Siemens & Halske AG. In various positions as group and department head, he took over the transmission technology division in 1969 and headed the long-distance technology division in 1971; In 1973 he was appointed to the board of the company now trading as Siemens AG. Two years later he took over the management of the components division and in 1979 became spokesman for the board committee for electronic technology. In 1981 he left the company, among other things because of different views on business policy in the construction elements division. He was accused of failing to advance the development of the megachip generation fast enough and of making losses in his field. Until his resignation, he was considered hard-working, very well-versed in his profession and as a "manager without blame or blame".

He was then chairman of the board of the Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG from 1982 to 1989 . Under his leadership, the business was internationalized. a. by setting up our own production facilities in large foreign markets such as the USA and Turkey . He then moved to the company's supervisory board , to which he was a member until 1996.

His brother Hans Baur was also a board member of Siemens AG.

Friedrich Baur had been married since 1957 and had three children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eberhard Piepo: In memoriam Dr.-Ing. Hans Baur (St 50, Mch 61) , in: Wingolfsblätter 139th year, issue 1/2020, pp. 61–62.
  2. ^ Entry "Baur, Friedrich" , in: Munzinger Online / Personen - Internationales Biographisches Archiv, accessed: June 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c Heads: Friedrich Baur ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Wirtschaftswoche.de, quoted from Munzinger, accessed on June 24, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wiwo.de
  4. ↑ a b Siemens / Post - Plausch im Ministry , in: Der Spiegel, No. 4, 1985, p. 39f.
  5. ^ Hermann Bösenecker: Siemens - The second victim , in: Die Zeit, November 6, 1981, No. 46, accessed: June 24, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Baur, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrial manager, member of the Board of Management of Siemens and CEO of ZF Friedrichshafen
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Schrozberg
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2006