Wolfgang Dürheimer
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Wolfgang Dürheimer (born June 20, 1958 in Martinszell im Allgäu ) is an engineer and manager who has worked for many years as a development director at Porsche and as chairman of the board at Bentley . Wolfgang Dürheimer is a graduate engineer in vehicle technology and a graduate industrial engineer with degrees from the Munich University of Applied Sciences . In 1984 he started his career at BMW .
In 1999 the engineer switched to Porsche AG . There he was appointed to the Board of Management for Research and Development in 2001. Among other things, the Cayenne , Panamera , Carrera GT, the RS Spyder and 911 GT3 R Hybrid racing cars, the 997 generation of the Porsche 911 and the 918 Spyder concept were created under his leadership . After the takeover of Porsche by Volkswagen , Dürheimer became CEO of Bentley and President of Bugatti in 2011 . Since then, he has also been responsible for Group motorsport as a general representative of the Volkswagen Group. From September 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, Dürheimer was Head of Development at Audi .
On June 1, 2014, Wolfgang Dürheimer was reappointed Brand Board Member for Bentley and Bugatti.
Awards
Dürheimer was named Man of the Year 2010 by Top Gear magazine for the 918 Spyder concept study .
In 2016, he received the Personality of the Year award from the German automobile magazine Auto Bild Sportscars .
Web links
- Wolfgang Dürheimer - biography
- Conference proceedings TDWA, Vita on p. 33.
- Volkswagen News , published June 2, 2012
- Auto Motor Sport
- Interview about the 918 Spyder
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handelsblatt , published on May 4, 2012
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 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. Volkswagen News
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 2, 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.
- ↑ Porsche News from December 15, 2010
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SURNAME | Dürheimer, Wolfgang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manager, CEO of Bentley |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Martinszell in the Allgäu |