Heinrich von Pierer
German manager (born 1941)
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| Born | Heinrich Karl Friedrich Eduard Pierer von Esch (1941-01-26) 26 January 1941 (age 83) Erlangen, Germany |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | CEO of Siemens AG |
Heinrich von Pierer (exactly Heinrich Karl Friedrich Eduard Pierer von Esch; born 26 January 1941 in Erlangen) is a German manager. From 1992 to 2005, he was CEO of Siemens AG. Subsequently, he was chairman of the supervisory board from which he resigned on 25 April 2007.
History
Pierer studied law and economics in Erlangen, graduated with a Juris Doctor, JD (Law) in 1968 and joined Siemens in 1969. From 1977, he worked for the company’s power generation subsidiary Kraftwerk Union AG (KWU). In 1989, he became President of KWU and a member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG. In 1992, Pierer succeeded Karlheinz Kaske as CEO and held this post until January 2005, when Klaus Kleinfeld took over.
He is member of several other supervisory boards (e.g., Bayer and Volkswagen). Pierer is President of the German industry's Asia–Pacific–Committee which he helped to found in 1993. He also functioned as an advisor to the German governments under Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel.
In April 2004, Pierer became one of the few business leaders to speak at a Security Council meeting, where he reported on his recent meeting with Hamid Karzai and on the infrastructure work Siemens was doing in Afghanistan and Iraq.[1]
He received the Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor from the German Eduard Rhein Foundation in 2000.[2][3]
References
- ^ United Nations Security Council 4943. S/PV/4943 page 7. 15 April 2004. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ^ "The Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor Recipients". Eduard Rhein Foundation. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ "2000 - Ring of Honor - Dr. Dr.E.h. Dr.h.c. Heinrich von Pierer". Eduard Rhein Foundation. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- Shaping the Future. The Siemens Entrepreneurs 1847–2018. Ed. Siemens Historical Institute, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 9-783867-746243
External links
Media related to Heinrich von Pierer at Wikimedia Commons- Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of Siemens AG
- "Herr von Pierer und sein Name". Welt am Sonntag. 24 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
| Preceded by | CEO of Siemens AG 1992 – 2005 | Succeeded by |
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