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Hans-Werner Aufrecht

Co-founder of AMG

Hans Werner Aufrecht (born 28 December 1938 in Großaspach, Germany) was in 1967 along with Erhard Melcher one of the founders of AMG Engine Production and Development, a current subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Hans-Werner Aufrecht (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Dec 28, 1938.¹

About

When the company and the name "AMG" was acquired by Mercedes-Benz in the late 1990s, he used his initials for the name of Mercedes' official racing team, HWA Team. In 1999, the first car raced under that team name was the ill-fated Mercedes-Benz CLR. Since in 2000 the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was started, the HWA team is in charge of Mercedes-AMG official factory entry in DTM.

From Wikipedia’s article on Hans-Werner Aufrecht, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

HWA AGFounder⁹
Mercedes-AMGFounder¹⁰

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, businessperson, engineer.⁵

Date not recordedFounded Mercedes-AMG³
Date not recordedFounded HWA AG⁴

Personal life

BornDec 28, 1938, Aspach⁶
CitizenshipGermany⁷

Awards

2000Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany⁸

Sources

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WikidataHans-Werner Aufrecht on Wikidata
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WikipediaHans-Werner Aufrecht on Wikipedia
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WikidataHans-Werner Aufrecht: Founded Mercedes-AMG, on Wikidata
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WikidataHans-Werner Aufrecht: Founded HWA AG, on Wikidata
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WikidataHans-Werner Aufrecht: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataHans-Werner Aufrecht: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataHans-Werner Aufrecht: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataHans-Werner Aufrecht: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataHWA AG, Founder
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WikidataMercedes-AMG, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsHans-Werner Aufrecht photo by Oliver Pohlmann, CC BY 3.0