Heinrich von Pierer

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| birth_name = Heinrich Karl Friedrich Eduard Pierer von Esch

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|01|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Erlangen, Germany

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| known_for = CEO of Siemens AG

| occupation = Businessman

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Heinrich von Pierer (exactly Heinrich Karl Friedrich Eduard Pierer von Esch; born 26 January 1941 in Erlangen{{Cite news |last=Hell |first=Irene |date=30 July 2006 |title=Heinrich von Pierer: Electric chairman |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/heinrich-von-pierer-electric-chairman-409733.html |work=The Independent}}) 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

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Pierer studied law and economics at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, 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.{{ UN document |docid=S-PV-4943 |body=Security Council |meeting=4943 |page=7 |anchor=pg006-bk02 |date=15 April 2004 |time=undefined |accessdate=2007-09-06 }}

He received the Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor from the German Eduard Rhein Foundation in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.eduard-rhein-stiftung.de/html/Ehrenring_e.html |title=The Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor Recipients |publisher=Eduard Rhein Foundation |access-date=February 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718234106/http://www.eduard-rhein-stiftung.de/html/Ehrenring_e.html |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.eduard-rhein-stiftung.de/html/2000/E00_e.html |title=2000 - Ring of Honor - Dr. Dr.E.h. Dr.h.c. Heinrich von Pierer |publisher=Eduard Rhein Foundation |access-date=February 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718233959/http://www.eduard-rhein-stiftung.de/html/2000/E00_e.html |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}

References

Shaping the Future. The Siemens Entrepreneurs 1847–2018. Ed. Siemens Historical Institute, Hamburg 2018, {{ISBN|9-783867-746243}}

External links

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[https://new.siemens.com/global/en/company/about/history/people/chairmen-of-the-managing-board-of-siemens-ag.html Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of Siemens AG]
{{cite web |url=https://www.welt.de/wams_print/arti2366449/Herr_von_Pierer_und_sein_Name.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080828040925/http://www.welt.de/wams_print/arti2366449/Herr_von_Pierer_und_sein_Name.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 August 2008 |title=Herr von Pierer und sein Name |publisher=Welt am Sonntag |date=24 August 2008 }}

{{Succession box

| title = CEO of Siemens AG

| before= Karlheinz Kaske

| after= Klaus Kleinfeld

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Category:Siemens people

Category:Living people

Category:1941 births

Category:Businesspeople from Bavaria

Category:People from Erlangen

Category:Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Category:University of Erlangen–Nuremberg alumni