News
It is rather unusual for the boss of a carmaker to talk about the benefits of car-free city centers. However, BMW boss Oliver Zipse is apparently not afraid of the current debates. In an interview…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 31, 2019
Rumors
BMW’s finance chief Nicolas Peter is rumored to cut between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs by 2022, mostly at the carmaker’s Munich headquarters, a German magazine reported on Thursday. German Manager Magazin also said that Ilka…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 20, 2019
News
BMW has a new CEO and the task before Oliver Zipse is definitely not an easy one, as the industry is going through some deep changes. Some think electric vehicles are the future while others…
Gabriel Nica / August 19, 2019
News
Today, August 16, Oliver Zipse will officially take over the chairmanship of the BMW AG Executive Board. He succeeds Harald KrĂĽger, who took over the company on May 13, 2015. Zipse takes over the BMW…
Horatiu Boeriu / August 16, 2019
Interesting
#NextGen: Interview with Oliver Zipse, BMW’s future CEO
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: August 1, 2019
News
Oliver Zipse will assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG effective on 16 August 2019. The company’s Supervisory Board made this decision today during its meeting in Spartanburg, South…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 18, 2019
BMW i
BMW CEO Harald Kruger has decided to step down, something that’s been public information for a little while now. While BMW hasn’t outright said it, Kruger is leaving because of his inability, or unwillingness, to…
Nico DeMattia / July 18, 2019
News
Last week, BMW world was taken by surprise when BMW announced the imminent departure of their current CEO Harald Krueger. The contract was set to expire in May 2020, but the active BMW boss said…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 18, 2019
News
BMW’s production chief Oliver Zipse is to become the next chief executive of the German carmaker after Harald Krueger’s announcement that he was stepping down, the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper reported on Friday, citing people within…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 5, 2019
News
At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of BMW AG appointed Oliver Zipse as the new Board of Management Member for Production, effective from the end of the Annual General Meeting on May 13, 2015….
Horatiu Boeriu / March 12, 2015