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Chairman, ABB

Nationality: German.

Born: January 12, 1940, in Heidelberg, Germany.

Education: University of Heidelberg, master's degree, 1963.

Family: Married Lizbeth (maiden name unknown); children: four.

Career: Hoechst, 1963–1964, management trainee; 1964–1973, head of fiber-sales department; 1973–1974, member of corporate staff; 1975–1979, overseer of all international personnel; 1980–1985, head of international department; 1986–1987, overseer of special-chemicals division and dyes operations and North American division; 1987–1993, CFO of...