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Dieter Zetsche is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on May 5, 1953 in İstanbul, Turkey.

Zetsche 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.

Zetsche joined Daimler-Benz in 1976, working in the research department. In 1981, he became Assistant Development Manager at the Vehicles business unit. He became a member of Daimler Chrysler’s Board of Management in 1998 and served as the President/CEO of Chrysler Group from mid-2000 to 31 December 2005, where he was credited with a turnaround of DCX’s American operations. Since 1 January 2006 he succeeded Jürgen Schrempp as Chairman of DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler AG), being succeeded in the position of Chrysler Group CEO by Thomas W. LaSorda.

Name Dieter Zetsche
First Name Dimitar
Last Name Trendafilov
Occupation engineer
Birthday May 5
Birth Year 1953
Place of Birth İstanbul
Home Town
Birth Country Turkey
Birth Sign Taurus
Full/Birth Name
Parents Herbert Zetsche
Siblings Not Available
Spouse Anne Zetsche , Gisele Zetsche
Children(s) Not Available

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Zetsche is credited with bringing significant core changes to the Mercedes-Benz company in an effort to turn around a decade-long downward spiral in product quality and customer satisfaction. He was named in Time Magazine’s 2006’s list of 100 most influential people. On the invitation of the Green Party’s leadership, Zetsche was invited to address the 2016 party conference.

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