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German engineer and business executive (born 1953)

Dieter Zetsche (German pronunciation:[ˌdiːtɐˈtsɛtʃə]; born 5 May 1953) is a German engineer and business executive. He serves as the chairman of TUI AG. Zetsche was the chairman of the board of management at Daimler AG and the head of Mercedes-Benz until 22 May 2019, a position he held since 2006.

Additionally, he had been a member of Daimler's board since 1998.

Early life and education

Zetsche was born in Turkey while his father, Herbert Zetsche, a civil engineer, was temporarily there for a dam construction project. The family returned to Germany in 1956.

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He attended school in Oberursel (near Frankfurt am Main) and studied electrical engineering from 1971 to 1976 at the University of Karlsruhe; he graduated as an engineer. He completed his doctorate in engineering in 1982 at the University of Paderborn.

Career

Daimler

Zetsche joined the research department of Daimler-Benz in 1976, and beca Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche explains the 'ketchup effect' CYP