The executives who are this year’s Eurostars have stood out from their rivals by exceeding expectations in a year marked by a sharp slowdown in electric vehicle sales that has spread uncertainty among automakers and up and down the supply chain.
Meet the 2024 winners
The winners will be honored at a gala event in Frankfurt on June 11, 2024. You can read the profiles on each winner by clicking below. Also, you can explore our previous classes of Rising Stars below.
Meet the 2023 winners
The winners were honored at a gala event in Paris on June 13, 2023.
The executives who are this year’s Eurostars have stood out from their rivals by exceeding expectations in an especially challenging environment for the automotive industry.
Nominations are closed for the
2023 Rising Stars
The 2023 winners to be announced June 13
Nominations now closed for 2023 Automotive News Europe Rising Stars program.
The 2023 winners are to be honored at a gala event in Paris on June 13, 2023.
The 2023 Rising Stars will be awarded during a gala ceremony in Paris.
We annually search of Rising Stars in the European auto industry, so if you know of a young auto executive in manufacturing, supply or mobility services working in Europe, with the talent and dedication necessary to become an industry leader in the future, tell us about them!
The executives who are this year’s Eurostars have stood out from their rivals by exceeding expectations in an especially challenging environment for the automotive industry.
The executives who are this year’s Eurostars have stood out from their rivals by exceeding expectations.
PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares did the impossible by leading the French-German automaker to a first-half profit despite a multitude of challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis.
The other 14 Eurostars, who were chosen by the editors of Automotive News Europe, have achieved equally impressive results during a tumultuous 2020.
Automotive News Europe and PwC are proud to honor the 2020 winners.
Congratulations to the 2020 Rising Stars.
You can read the profiles on each winner by clicking below.
The winners were inducted during a virtual ceremony on July 7, 2020.
The executives who are this year’s Eurostars have stood out from their rivals by exceeding expectations.
Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess changed the dialog on Europe’s largest automaker by aggressively pushing into the electric era.
Opel CEO Michael Lohscheller did what seemed impossible: making the German volume brand profitable after decades of losses. Kia Europe boss Emilio Herrera has the Korean automaker on pace to keep growing in a declining European market because of strong demand for models such as the Stonic and Sportage crossovers.
Congratulations to the 2019 Rising Stars.
You can read the profiles on each winner by clicking below.
The winners were inducted during a live ceremony in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 21, 2019.
Explore our previous classes of Rising Stars below.
The executives who are this year’s Eurostars have stood out from their rivals by exceeding expectations. Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi CEO Carlos Ghosn turned his alliance into the world’s largest automaker, passing Volkswagen Group in global sales. Skoda CEO Bernhard Maier led the Czech automaker to a 2017 profit margin that even exceeded Audi, its sister brand and VW Group’s traditional earnings powerhouse.
Congratulations to the 2018 Rising Stars.
You can read the profiles on each winner by clicking below.
Rising Stars is an annual program honoring automotive executives in middle and upper management in all disciplines, across Europe, together with the companies who are nurturing that future leadership talent.
Explore our previous classes of Rising Stars below.