Quote:
Originally Posted by Phillies8008
It's nice to see companies promote from within. I don't know much about BMW's job titles, but I'm assuming "Trainee" is an entry-level position, meaning that he's effectively spent his entire career with the company. He would've been 24 in 1993, so that makes sense to me. I think a lot of companies would be better off being led by people with extensive experience in that company, rather than hired-gun executives; seems to me they'd be more apt to take the long-term approach, rather than only living for this quarter. But what do I know?
|
Interestingly, predecessor Oliver Zipse also started as a trainee at BMW (in 1991) and both are engineers. So they have very similar career paths. Given Zipse's successful tenure as CEO, let's take this as a positive sign.