Jürgen Hubbert

Jürgen Hubbert (born July 24, 1939 in Hagen ) is a German mechanical engineer and manager. From December 16, 1998 to April 6, 2005, he was a member of the Board of Management of what was then DaimlerChrysler AG and in this function was responsible for the Mercedes Car Group (MCG) .

Life

After graduating from high school, he studied at the University of Stuttgart and graduated in 1965 with a degree in engineering . In the same year he joined what was then Daimler-Benz AG, where he worked in the process development department of the Sindelfingen plant in various technical and planning functions until 1973.

Positions at Daimler

1973: Head of work preparation, Sindelfingen plant; at the same time planning of the plant construction in Bremen
1984: Head of the production preparation department in Sindelfingen
1985: Head of Group Planning: Coordination of strategic and medium-term planning for the Group and management of the product commissions for passenger cars and commercial vehicles
1987: Deputy member of the Board of Management, Passenger Car Division, Daimler-Benz AG
1989: Member of the Board of Management, Passenger Car Division, Mercedes-Benz AG
1997: Member of the Board of Management, Passenger Car Division, Daimler-Benz AG
2004: Retirement (successor: Eckhard Cordes )

Others

Since 2002, Hubbert was President of the Grand Prix World Championship , which wanted to establish its own Grand Prix series from 2008 in competition with Formula 1 .
He is a member of the supervisory board of Industriewerke Karlsruhe-Augsburg AG (IWKA) .
Hubbert is chairman of the board of trustees of the Foundation for the Promotion of the Semperoper .

He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Forum Tiberius .

At the Deutsche Sporthilfe Foundation , he chairs the Board of Trustees.

On December 14, 2004, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class .

He is chairman of the board of directors of the State Gallery in Stuttgart

He is a member of the group advisory board of Deutsche Bahn .

Awards

2000: Great Silver Medal of Honor with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria

Individual evidence

↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

personal data
SURNAME	Hubbert, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German manager, member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG
DATE OF BIRTH	July 24, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hagen , Westphalia

[1] List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)