Martin Winterkorn

    Martin Winterkorn
  • Chairman, Volkswagen Group
  • Age: 66
  • Residence: Wolfsburg, Germany
  • Country of Citizenship: Germany
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Winterkorn chairs Volkswagen Group, the German automaker whose brands include Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini. The CEO has vowed to make the company the biggest electric carmaker in the world, starting with vowing to put 1 million electric cars on the roads by 2020. The German manufacturer has the highest revenues, profits and assets of any automaker, according to Forbes' 2013 Global 2000 list. It is partially owned by Lower Saxony, the German state where it is headquartered.