Milan Nedeljković Succeeds Oliver Zipse As BMW CEO Today
At the end of the day, Oliver Zipse will hand over the CEO baton to Milan Nedeljković, whose contract runs until 2031.
At the end of the day, Oliver Zipse will hand over the CEO baton to Milan Nedeljković, whose contract runs until 2031.
The engineer who joined BMW as a trainee in 1991 is leaving having outmaneuvered every rival that went all-in on EVs.
The brand's elevated status likely leaves no room for the return of more affordable models like the B3 and even the B5.
The outgoing BMW CEO finished ahead of David Craig, Staff Product Manager at General Motors and Tisha Johnson, Head of Design at Slate.
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