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Daimler-Benz AG

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Daimler-Benz AG is a German aircraft company based in Stuttgart, founded in 1926.1 It was founded by Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler.1 It employed about 300,100 people in 1997.1 It ceased to exist in 1998.1

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jun 28, 1926Founded1
  • Industryaircraft industry, automotive industry, manufacture of motor vehicles, vehicle construction, weapons industry1
  • HeadquartersStuttgart1
  • Founded inBerlin1
  • Websitewww.daimler.de
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1

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Corporate structure

Daimler-Benz AG sits at the top of its group. 32 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Daimler-Benz AG Stuttgart
    • AEG Subsidiary · 100% · Frankfurt
    • Adtranz Subsidiary · Berlin
    • DASA Subsidiary · München, Germany
    • Debis Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
    • Dornier Subsidiary · Friedrichshafen
    • Maybach Subsidiary · Stuttgart
    • Maybach-Motorenbau Subsidiary · Friedrichshafen
    • Tempo Subsidiary · Hamburg
    • Haus Huth Owned · Bezirk Mitte, Germany
    • list of Mercedes-Benz vehicles Owned

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Daimler-Benz AG reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler on Jun 28, 1926, in Berlin.1

Leadership

Who has led Daimler-Benz AG, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Wilhelm Kissel1926–1942
  2. Wilhelm Haspel1942–1952
  3. Heinrich Wagner1952–1953
  4. Fritz Koenecke1953–1960
  5. Walter Hitzinger1961–1966
  6. Joachim Zahn1971–1979
  7. Gerhard Prinz1980–1983
  8. Werner Breitschwerdt1983–1987
  9. Edzard Reuter1987–1995
  10. Jürgen E. Schrempp1995–1998
197019801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (7)

Products and brands

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1985Acquired AEG1
  2. 1960Acquired Maybach1
  3. 1960Acquired Maybach-Motorenbau1
  4. Succeeded Benz & Cie.1
  5. Succeeded Daimler Motors Corporation1

Employees over time

Daimler-Benz AG employees by year1300.1K in 1997+233% since 1962
0100.0K200.0K300.0K400.0K1962: 90.0K90.0K19621972: 149.8K149.8K1972+66%1989: 368.2K368.2K1989+146%1997: 300.1K300.1K1997−19%
  • 1997300,0681
  • 1989368,2001
  • 1972149,8001
  • 196290,0001

Timeline

  1. Dec 21, 1998Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. May 1995New chief executive Jürgen E. Schrempp becomes CEO1
  3. Sep 1987New chief executive Edzard Reuter becomes CEO1
  4. Dec 1983New chief executive Werner Breitschwerdt becomes CEO1
  5. Jan 1980New chief executive Gerhard Prinz becomes CEO1
  6. 1971New chief executive Joachim Zahn becomes CEO1
  7. Feb 1961New chief executive Walter Hitzinger becomes CEO1
  8. Feb 1953New chief executive Fritz Koenecke becomes CEO1
  9. Apr 1952New chief executive Heinrich Wagner becomes CEO1
  10. Aug 1942New chief executive Wilhelm Haspel becomes CEO1
  11. Jun 28, 1926Founded Founded in Berlin1
  12. Jun 1926New chief executive Wilhelm Kissel becomes CEO1

Sources

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