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Martin Winterkorn [1947-0] German
Rank: 104
Businessman


Martin Winterkorn is the former chairman of the board of directors of Volkswagen AG, the parent company of the Volkswagen Group, and former chairman of the supervisory board of Audi and Porsche Automobil Holding SE.

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It is important to exhaust the potential of existing markets. But it is equally important to open up new markets.
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Volkswagen has been, is, and will always be my life.
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The two inventions of the century, the car and the computer, are gradually coming closer together. Car
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The U.S. market has the highest priority for Volkswagen.
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The Volkswagen Group offers the world's largest low-CO2 fleet.
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Growth in the Chinese automobile market has exceeded everyone's expectations.
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Regardless of whether we are in an upturn or a downturn, our goal is to ensure the Volkswagen Group reaches the top of the automotive industry.
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I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.
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I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind.
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VW's future is increasingly being decided in China, Russia, India, the Americas and Southeast Asia. This is where we will generate most of our growth in future.
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There are always opportunities one cannot pass up.
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VW grows with the challenges. We continue to do, even when times are tough.
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The United States will remain one of the most important markets for VW.
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Combining their operating business will make Volkswagen and Porsche even stronger - both financially and strategically - going forward.
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I clearly say yes to Big Data, yes to greater security and convenience, but no to paternalism and Big Brother.'
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Audi has fewer problems with electronics than any other company.
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If you want to be promoted into the first league of carmakers, then you can't just follow suit.
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When a customer sits inside the car, then they have to have the feeling that it's an Audi - whether it's the leatherwork or the bodywork. All these things must be typically Audi.
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Americans are as they are. We have to accept this. Lots of Europeans forget that.
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The integrated automotive group of Volkswagen and Porsche is a certainty.
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I would like to thank Wolfgang Schreiber for his successful work with Bentley and Bugatti and the consistent further development of the two brands.
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2008 was a good - a very successful year for Volkswagen.
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The Volkswagen Group has proved that it can remain firmly on track even when the terrain is slippery.
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MoMA is one of the world's most admired cultural institutions.
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The automotive year 2013 was, especially for European car makers, extremely challenging.
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India is and will remain an important strategic growth market for the Volkswagen Group. We are convinced that VW will take on a key role in the Indian automobile market in the long-term.
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The European auto industry made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 140 grams per kilometer. But then there was a significant change in what customers wanted in their vehicles.
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Politicians are fond of criticizing others.
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The hybrid engine costs a lot of money, and customers are hardly willing to spend so much more for a car.
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Volkswagen must continue to attack and make good use of its opportunities.
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People who, like me, grew up in the 1950s and 1960s after World War II, grew up with cars.
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Taking the third step before the first would be fatal.
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As CEO, I accept responsibility for the irregularities that have been found in diesel engines and have therefore requested the Supervisory Board to agree on terminating my function as CEO of the Volkswagen Group.
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We want to be the volume number one, but also we want to have 8 percent in operating profit.
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We procrastinated in the U.S., it's true. And we are changing that.
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The violations of these diesel motors by our company go against everything that Volkswagen stands for... at this time, I don't yet have the answers to all the questions. I'm utterly sorry that we have damaged trust in this way. I offer my deepest apologies to our customers, the authorities, and to the public at large for our misconduct.
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