14 Facts About Joachim Milberg

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Joachim Milberg was born on 10 April 1943 in Verl and is a German engineer and manager who served as CEO of Bayerischen Motorenwerke AG .

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Joachim Milberg was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW until July 2015.

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3.

Joachim Milberg was Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technische Universitat Munchen.

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Joachim Milberg was Member of the Board of Management for Production of BMW and became CEO when Bernd Pischetsrieder had to leave because of the Rover problems.

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5.

Joachim Milberg stopped the Rover venture and reestablished the BMW success story.

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Joachim Milberg was the founding President of acatech – the German Academy of Science and Engineering.

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7.

Joachim Milberg grew up on a farm in Sennestadt, today part of the city of Bielefeld.

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Joachim Milberg continued his studies at the Technische Universitat Berlin with a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and obtained his Dipl.

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9.

In 1972, Joachim Milberg became senior manager at the machine tool factory Gildemeister AG.

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10.

In 1981, Joachim Milberg became full professor for machine tools with business administration at Technische Universitat Munchen, head of the Center for Production Automation and Robotics in Munich and the Production Application Center in Augsburg.

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In 1993, Joachim Milberg became member of the board of management of BMW, responsible for production.

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Joachim Milberg succeeded Bernd Pischetsrieder, who resigned along with Wolfgang Reitzle, another manager widely viewed as potential successor at the time.

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Joachim Milberg was heavily criticized by the German media for BMW's decision to sell its unprofitable U K subsidiary Rover in 2000.

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14.

Joachim Milberg subsequently became chairman of the supervisory board in 2004.

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