Matthias Müller

What grabs me about Matthias Müller is the arc: a kid from Chemnitz who trained as a tool and die maker before climbing all the way to the top of Porsche and then Volkswagen. That is the opposite of a glamorous founder myth, and I find it more compelling for it. He took the CEO chair in 2015, right in the teeth of the diesel emissions storm, which means he is remembered as much for crisis management as for cars. I have a soft spot for executives who inherit the mess rather than create the hype, and Müller strikes me as exactly that kind of steady, unshowy operator.

Matthias Müller (born 9 June 1953) is a German businessman who served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Volkswagen AG from 25 September 2015 to 12 April 2018. He had been the CEO of its subsidiary, Porsche, since 2010 and has been a Member of the executive board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE since 2010.

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Name (English)

Matthias Müller

Name (Japanese)

マティアス・ミュラー

Reading

まてぃあす・みゅらー

Born

June 9, 1953 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

Origin

Chemnitz, Germany

Blood type

Private

Height

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Agency

Private

Occupation

business executive / entrepreneur / industrialist / chairman of the executive board / tool and die maker

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Munich University of Applied Sciences

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%20(%E5%AE%9F%E6%A5%AD%E5%AE%B6)

Tags

• business executive
• entrepreneur
• industrialist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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