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VISIONARY OF THE YEAR

BEING A VISIONARY MEANS TAKING the yellow brick road in a world of gravel, asphalt and cement, and setting the course for others to find the pathway ahead. Seeing beyond the confines of the world as it exists today, to imagine the possibilities for the future of the auto industry in terms of technology, fuels, product and sustainability, is why Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, is Newsweek’s Auto Disruptors Visionary of the Year.

Zipse has spent his entire 30-plus-year career at BMW AG,

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