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VW board members demanded Piech go after learning of secret plot

Piech, pictured, lobbied to replace VW CEO Martin Winterkorn with Porsche's boss.
April 27, 2015 05:00 AM

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- Ferdinand Piech, who resigned as chairman of Volkswagen over the weekend, sowed the seeds of his own demise by reneging on a deal to support CEO Martin Winterkorn and secretly plotting to oust him instead, according to sources close to the VW board.

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