Dieter Zetsche

Dieter Zetsche (born on May 5, 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a German businessman and the Chairman of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars since 2006 as well as member of the company's Board of Management since 1998.He was born while his father, Herbert Zetsche, a civil engineer, was temporarily in Turkey for a dam construction project. The family returned to Germany in 1956. Dieter Zetsche attended school in Oberursel (near Frankfurt am Main) and studied electrical engineering from 1971 to 1976 at the University of Karlsruhe; he graduated as an engineer. He completed his doctorate in engineering in 1982 at the University of Paderborn.

Personal facts

Dieter Zetsche
Birth dateMay 05, 1953
Birth place
Turkey , Istanbul
Nationality
Germany
Ethnicity
Germans
Residence
Stuttgart
Education
University of Paderborn
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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  1. http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-78470-1-56953-1-0-0-0-0-0-104-7155-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html