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Ola Källenius

CEO

Mercedes-Benz

Ola Källenius has been the CEO of Mercedes-Benz since 2019, where he has initiated a fundamental transformation at the world’s most valuable luxury car maker. Next to spinning off the truck business, he prepared his brand to go all-electric by 2030 and carbon-neutral by 2039. Before becoming CEO, Ola headed the firm’s R&D and sales divisions, led the AMG performance cars brand, and ran the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Swede joined the three-pointed star in 1993 after graduating from Stockholm School of Economics and University of St. Gallen.

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Risking an iconic brand — and $40b — in a race to go all-electric
Mercedes-Benz’s Ola Källenius
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