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VALE FERDINAND PIËCH

DR FERDINAND PIËCH was a man who defied rational categorisation. His achievements were the stuff of automotive industry legend. A scion of the Porsche family and grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, he was best known as the former chairman and chief executive officer who transformed Volkswagen AG into

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