Herbert Diess (born 24 October 1958) is the 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.[2] In 2018 he was named one of the "Best CEOs in the World" by the CEOWORLD magazine.[3]
Volkswagen Group (parent company Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft) is a German multinational automotive company headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines, and turbomachinery and offers related services including financing, leasing and fleet management. In 2012, it produced the third-largest number of motor vehicles of any company in the world, behind General Motors and Toyota.[5] It has maintained the largest market share in Europe for over two decades.[6] As of 2013, it ranked ninth in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies.[7]
