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Porsche SE
Type
Public
(Xetra: POR3)
(FWB: POR3)
Founded
1931: by Ferdinand Porsche and Ferry Porsche
Headquarters
Stuttgart, Germany
Key people
Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking, CEO and President
Products
Automobiles
Revenue
€7.273 billion (2006)
Employees
11,910
Website
porsche.com
This article is about the auto company.
For its design consultancy subsidiary, see Porsche Design Group; for its founder and namesake, see Ferdinand Porsche.
Porsche SE, or just Porsche, is a German manufacturer of automobiles majority owned by the Porsche and Piëch families. Porsche SE holds two chief assets, the first of which is Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, often shortened to Porsche AG, manufacturer of the Porsche automobile line. The second asset is a large stake in Volkswagen AG.
It was founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, an Austro-Hungarian engineer, born in Maffersdorf, Austria-Hungary (today Vratislavice, Czech Republic) who also designed the first Volkswagen. The company is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, a city district of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. They currently produce 911 (997), Boxster, and Cayman sports cars and Cayenne sport utility vehicles.
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