BMW taps factory man Zipse as CEO

Zipse — At 55, Zipse has a few years before he reaches BMW's unofficial CEO retirement age of 60.

Urvaksh Karkaria

July 18, 2019 07:04 PM

BMW Group has tapped 55-year-old production boss Oliver Zipse to help steer it through the next decade of transformation.

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