BMW production chief Zipse to succeed Krueger as CEO, paper says

Production chief Oliver Zipse will become BMW's next CEO, replacing Harald Krueger, the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper reported. BMW said its supervisory board will discuss the succession on July 18. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)

By:

Edward Taylor

By:

Reuters

July 05, 2019 10:27 AM

FRANKFURT -- BMW's production chief, Oliver Zipse, will be picked to succeed Harald Krueger as CEO, the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper reported, citing people within the company as its source.

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