Prof. Rupert Stadler

Prof. Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, Ingolstadt spoke on the topic of "Multivariability through modularity - a guarantee of success in the premium car market".

AUDI AG, based in Ingolstadt, is one of the world's leading German automobile manufacturers in the premium segment and is part of the Volkswagen Group. With more than 68,000 employees, AUDI AG produced more than 1.45 million vehicles in 2012, generating revenue of more than €48 billion.

After graduating with a degree in business administration Rupert Stadler He began his professional career at Philips Kommunikations Industrie AG in Nuremberg before moving to AUDI AG in 1990. There he took on various tasks in the area of controlling for sales and marketing. From 1994, Stadler was Commercial Director at Volkswagen-Audi España, S.A., Barcelona, with responsibility for finance, among other things. From 1997, Stadler was Head of the General Secretariat to the Chairman of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group and, from January 2002, also Head of Group Product Planning. Rupert Stadler has been a member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG since January 1, 2003 and shortly afterwards also assumed responsibility for the Finance and Organization division. Rupert Stadler has been Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG since January 1, 2007. In his function as Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, Rupert Stadler was also appointed to the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft in 2010. In November 2012, the University of St. Gallen appointed Rupert Stadler Honorary Professor of Business Administration. His diverse experience combined with the outstanding role of the AUDI brand as a driver of innovation in the Volkswagen Group make for an interesting lecture on the topic of modularity.

Status: Beginning of 2014