People’s car company gets new CEO

Volkswagen has named Matthias Mueller, the 62-year-old Porsche chief, as chief executive officer in a bid to recover from the scandal over its rigging of U.S. vehicle emissions tests and save 72,000 German jobs
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VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OWNERSHIP

State of Lower Saxony Holds “Golden share” with virtual veto power 20% 

Qatar Holdings Sovereign wealth fund has lost $1.9 billion since scandal broke 17%

Porsche Holdings SE Owned by Porsche and Piëch families 50.7%

Others Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, hedge funds, asset managers 12.3%
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Value of company

Revenue 2014 €202.5bn

Assets Jun 2015 €164bn

Sep 18 €77bn

Sep 25 €58.2bn

Down 24.4%

Employees (worldwide) 583,420

Matthias Muellern
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Sources: VW, industry estimates Picture: Associated Press

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