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Stadler has been a member of the supervisory board at MAN SE (alternate name Man AG) since 10 May 2007 and served as a Member of the supervisory board of Volkswagen Bank GmbH, and Volkswagen Financial Services AG. He has served as a member of the economic advisory council of Bayerische Landesbank since 1 December 2005.<ref name=rupert />
Stadler has been a member of the supervisory board at MAN SE (alternate name Man AG) since 10 May 2007 and served as a Member of the supervisory board of Volkswagen Bank GmbH, and Volkswagen Financial Services AG. He has served as a member of the economic advisory council of Bayerische Landesbank since 1 December 2005.<ref name=rupert />


==Arrest ==
==Dieselgate and Arrest ==

Volkswagen announced on 18 June 2018 that Stadler had been arrested and taken into custody because, it was reported, a Munich court had identified a risk that evidence might be concealed or modified ([[:de:Verdunkelungsgefahr|''"Verdunkelungsgefahr"'']]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44517753|title=Audi boss arrested over diesel scandal|date=18 June 2018|publisher=|accessdate=18 June 2018|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=Verdunkelungsgefahr>{{cite web|title=Audi-Chef Rupert Stadler festgenommen|work=Der wegen des Dieselskandals unter Druck stehende Audi-Chef Rupert Stadler ist vorübergehend festgenommen worden und befindet sich in Untersuchungshaft. Die Staatsanwaltschaft spricht von Verdunklungsgefahr.|url=http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/audi-chef-rupert-stadler-festgenommen-a-1213533.html|date=18 June 2018|publisher=[[Der Spiegel]] (online)|accessdate=18 June 2018}}</ref> A spokesman for the prosecutor nevertheless insisted that the presumption of innocence continued to apply and, in the context of ongoing investigations, refused to comment further on the development.<ref name=Verdunkelungsgefahr/> On 2 October 2018, Volkswagen issued a statement that the supervisory boards of Volkswagen and Audi agreed to a deal with Stadler to end his term as CEO and all contracts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/arrested-audi-chief-forced-to-leave-volkswagen-group/a-45731138|title=Arrested Audi chief forced to leave Volkswagen Group {{!}} DW {{!}} 02.10.2018|last=(www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche Welle|website=DW.COM|language=en|access-date=2018-10-03}}</ref>
Ever since Volkswagen admitted to use cheating software in November 2015, Stadler was under fire. In June 2015, Munich prosecutors named Stadler as a suspect in the widening [[Dieselgate]] scandal <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-probe-idUSKBN1J70Y5|title=Audi CEO named as suspect in German emissions probe|date=11 June 2018|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=19 November 2019}</ref>. A week later, Stadler was arrested and held in a prison in Augsburg<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-audi-stadler-idUSKBN1JG27U|title=Audi's detained CEO questioned by prosecutors over emissions scandal: source|date=21 June 2018|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=19 November 2019}</ref>. Prosecutors claimed he was tampering with evidence because of a phone call in which he suggested putting a witness on leave.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/audi-s-stadler-likely-turned-blind-eye-to-rigging-court-says|date=13 August 2018|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=19 November 2019}</ref> Volkswagen initially suspended Stadler as CEO after the arrest, and on 2 October 2018, the company terminated all contracts with Stadler <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-audi-idUSKCN1MC1S5|title=Volkswagen terminates Audi CEO's contract amid emissions probe|date=2 October 2018|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=19 November 2019}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/arrested-audi-chief-forced-to-leave-volkswagen-group/a-45731138|title=Arrested Audi chief forced to leave Volkswagen Group {{!}} DW {{!}} 02.10.2018|last=(www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche Welle|website=DW.COM|language=en|access-date=2018-10-03}}</ref>. Four weeks later, Stadler was released from custody against bail and under other conditions. Prosecutors continued naming him as a suspect <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/audi-rupert-stadler-1.4191154|date=30 October 2018|publisher=Sueddeutsche Zeitung|accessdate=19 November 2019}</ref>.

==Trial==
==Trial==
On 30 September 2020, Stadler first appeared before a [[Munich]] court over the so-called 'dieselgate' scandal. The charges of fraud, false certification, and criminal advertising rest on deliberately selling cars that manipulated engine software and did not comply with the requisite environmental standards, even after the cheat came to light.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-09-30|title=Ex-Audi boss stands trial over 'dieselgate' scandal|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54357013|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> He is the first of four [[Volkswagen]] Group executives and engineers to stand trial, which is expected to last until late 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Michael |title=Former Audi CEO Stadler To Stand Trial Over Dieselgate Fraud On Wednesday |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltaylor/2020/09/28/former-audi-ceo-stadler-to-stand-trial-over-dieselgate-fraud-on-wednesday/#667e8e459962 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |agency=Forbes |date=28 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Volkswagen emissions damages are still rolling in 5 years later|url=https://fortune.com/2020/10/06/volkswagen-vw-emissions-scandal-damages/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Fortune|language=en}}</ref> Although Volkswagen have admitted wrongoing, Stadler has denied all charges.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ewing|first=Jack|date=2020-09-29|title=Prosecutors Target Ex-Audi Chief in First VW Emissions Trial|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/business/Volkswagen-Audi-rupert-stadler-diesel.html|access-date=2020-10-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Stadler's trial was moved to [[Stadelheim prison]] because the large courtroom accommodates social distancing during the [[Covid-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Audi CEO Stadler faces diesel fraud charges in German court |url=https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/former-audi-ceo-stadler-faces-diesel-fraud-charges-german-court |accessdate=30 September 2020 |date=30 September 2020}}</ref>
On 30 September 2020, Stadler first appeared before a [[Munich]] court over the so-called 'dieselgate' scandal. The charges of fraud, false certification, and criminal advertising rest on deliberately selling cars that manipulated engine software and did not comply with the requisite environmental standards, even after the cheat came to light.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-09-30|title=Ex-Audi boss stands trial over 'dieselgate' scandal|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54357013|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> He is the first of four [[Volkswagen]] Group executives and engineers to stand trial, which is expected to last until late 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Michael |title=Former Audi CEO Stadler To Stand Trial Over Dieselgate Fraud On Wednesday |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltaylor/2020/09/28/former-audi-ceo-stadler-to-stand-trial-over-dieselgate-fraud-on-wednesday/#667e8e459962 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |agency=Forbes |date=28 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Volkswagen emissions damages are still rolling in 5 years later|url=https://fortune.com/2020/10/06/volkswagen-vw-emissions-scandal-damages/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Fortune|language=en}}</ref> Although Volkswagen have admitted wrongoing, Stadler has denied all charges.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ewing|first=Jack|date=2020-09-29|title=Prosecutors Target Ex-Audi Chief in First VW Emissions Trial|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/business/Volkswagen-Audi-rupert-stadler-diesel.html|access-date=2020-10-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Stadler's trial was moved to [[Stadelheim prison]] because the large courtroom accommodates social distancing during the [[Covid-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Audi CEO Stadler faces diesel fraud charges in German court |url=https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/former-audi-ceo-stadler-faces-diesel-fraud-charges-german-court |accessdate=30 September 2020 |date=30 September 2020}}</ref>

Revision as of 11:32, 19 November 2020

Rupert Stadler
Stadler in 2018
Born (1963-03-17) 17 March 1963 (age 61)
Titting, Bavaria, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationBusinessman

Rupert Stadler (born 17 March 1963) is a German businessman, and former chairman of the Vorstand (CEO) of Audi AG.[1][2] He was arrested in June 2018 in connection with the Volkswagen emissions scandal.[3] He was in custody in Germany until being released at the end of October 2018.[4] In July 2019, Stadler was charged with fraud by prosecutors in Munich.[5]

Early life

Stadler was born in Wachenzell in the Eichstätt district of Bavaria, Germany. He studied business management at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, majoring in corporate planning/controllership and finance, banking and investment.[2]

Career

After graduating, he started his career at Philips Kommunikation Industrie AG in Nuremberg.[2]

Stadler joined Audi AG in 1990, assuming roles in sales and marketing. He became Commercial Director of Volkswagen/Audi España SA in 1994. From 1997 on, Stadler ran the office of the board of management of the Volkswagen Group. In January 2002, Stadler also became Head of Group Product Planning[6]. He served as acting chairman of the board of Audi AG and its head of finance and organization until July 2007. He also served as the chairman of Automobili Lamborghini Holding SpA and Volkswagen Group Italia SpA[2]. Stadler served as vice-chairman of the supervisory board at German football club FC Bayern AG until December 2018, when he was replaced by Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess[7].

Stadler has been the chairman of the board and chief executive officer (CEO) of Audi AG since 1 January 2010, and served as its chief financial officer (CFO) since 12 January 2007.[2]

Stadler has been a member of the supervisory board at MAN SE (alternate name Man AG) since 10 May 2007 and served as a Member of the supervisory board of Volkswagen Bank GmbH, and Volkswagen Financial Services AG. He has served as a member of the economic advisory council of Bayerische Landesbank since 1 December 2005.[2]

Dieselgate and Arrest

Ever since Volkswagen admitted to use cheating software in November 2015, Stadler was under fire. In June 2015, Munich prosecutors named Stadler as a suspect in the widening Dieselgate scandal [8]. A week later, Stadler was arrested and held in a prison in Augsburg[9]. Prosecutors claimed he was tampering with evidence because of a phone call in which he suggested putting a witness on leave.[10] Volkswagen initially suspended Stadler as CEO after the arrest, and on 2 October 2018, the company terminated all contracts with Stadler [11][12]. Four weeks later, Stadler was released from custody against bail and under other conditions. Prosecutors continued naming him as a suspect [13].

Trial

On 30 September 2020, Stadler first appeared before a Munich court over the so-called 'dieselgate' scandal. The charges of fraud, false certification, and criminal advertising rest on deliberately selling cars that manipulated engine software and did not comply with the requisite environmental standards, even after the cheat came to light.[14] He is the first of four Volkswagen Group executives and engineers to stand trial, which is expected to last until late 2022.[15][16] Although Volkswagen have admitted wrongoing, Stadler has denied all charges.[17] Stadler's trial was moved to Stadelheim prison because the large courtroom accommodates social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.[18]

Personal life

Stadler lives in Ingolstadt.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Profile – Audi CEO Rupert Stadler". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bloomberg. "volkswagen". Bloomberg.
  3. ^ "Jailed Audi CEO Rupert Stadler fired as Volkswagen grapples with scandal fallout". usatoday.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Munich court says former Audi CEO released from custody". Reuters. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. ^ Poltz, Jörn; Schuetze, Arno (31 July 2019). "German prosecutors charge ex-Audi boss Stadler over emissions cheating". Reuters. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Prof. Rupert Stadler". ITU. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ "PW-Chef Herbert Diess wird Aufsichtsrat beim FC Bayern". Handelsblatt. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-probe-idUSKBN1J70Y5%7Ctitle=Audi CEO named as suspect in German emissions probe|date=11 June 2018|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=19 November 2019}
  9. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-audi-stadler-idUSKBN1JG27U%7Ctitle=Audi's detained CEO questioned by prosecutors over emissions scandal: source|date=21 June 2018|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=19 November 2019}
  10. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/audi-s-stadler-likely-turned-blind-eye-to-rigging-court-says%7Cdate=13 August 2018|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=19 November 2019}
  11. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-audi-idUSKCN1MC1S5%7Ctitle=Volkswagen terminates Audi CEO's contract amid emissions probe|date=2 October 2018|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=19 November 2019}
  12. ^ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Arrested Audi chief forced to leave Volkswagen Group | DW | 02.10.2018". DW.COM. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  13. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/audi-rupert-stadler-1.4191154%7Cdate=30 October 2018|publisher=Sueddeutsche Zeitung|accessdate=19 November 2019}
  14. ^ "Ex-Audi boss stands trial over 'dieselgate' scandal". BBC News. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  15. ^ Taylor, Michael (28 September 2020). "Former Audi CEO Stadler To Stand Trial Over Dieselgate Fraud On Wednesday". Forbes. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Volkswagen emissions damages are still rolling in 5 years later". Fortune. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  17. ^ Ewing, Jack (29 September 2020). "Prosecutors Target Ex-Audi Chief in First VW Emissions Trial". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Former Audi CEO Stadler faces diesel fraud charges in German court". 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  19. ^ Topham, Gwyn (18 June 2018). "Audi chief arrested in Germany over diesel scandal". the Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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