Graduate 1951

1943 - 1946 Apprenticeship as a toolmaker Daimler-Benz AG
1952 - 1958 Operating engineer large-engine manufacturing at Daimler-Benz AG
1958 - 1962 Production Manager of Maybach Motorenbau GmbH Friedrichshafen
1962 - 1969 Managing Director of Maybach Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau GmbH Friedrichshafen
1969 - 1973 Managing Director of Motoren- und Turbinen-Union GmbH Muenchen und Friedrichshafen (MTU)
1973 - 1989 Production Director, Member of the Board of Management and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG
1987 Honorary Professor of the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
1988 awarded the honorary degree Dr.rer.pol.h.c. by the University of Bremen
1989 awarded the honorary degree Dr.-Ing. E.h. by the University of Stuttgart
1989 - 1993 Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG