Piëch, Ferdinand#
b. Vienna, April 17, 1937, car engineer and manager, grandson of F. Porsche, son of Louise Piëch. From 1963-1971 at the Porsche company in Stuttgart, 1972-1992 at the Audi company in Ingolstadt. From 1975 member of the executive board and in charge of technical development; responsible for the technical design of the Audi 80 and the Audi 100; since 1988 executive chairman of Audi, since 1993 of the VW group.
Literature#
R. Stiens, F. P. Der Auto-Macher, 1999; J. Graesslin, F. P. Techniker der Macht, 2000.