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• SIEMENS, GERMANY UNDERWENT MAJOR CHANGES
• ACQUISITION CAMPAIGN IN THE U.S.
• FOCUSED ON COST-CUTTING
• FURTHER GOALS IN CHINA
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

President, chief executive officer, and chairman, Siemens

Nationality: German.

Born: January 26, 1941, in Erlangen, Germany.

Education: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, JD, 1968; diploma in economics, 1969.

Family: Married.

Career: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 1965–1969, academic assistant and later assistant professor; Siemens: 1969–1977, staff attorney in Corporate Finance Department;...