Franz-Josef Paefgen[1] (born 10 May 1946 in Büttgen) is a German engineer and manager. In 1976, Paefgen earned a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the RWTH Aachen University.[2] He was most recently the CEO of Bentley Motors[3] and Bugatti Automobiles SAS,[4] from which he retired in 2011.[5]
Prior to the roles at Bentley and Bugatti, Dr Paefgen held several positions at Ford Motor Company and Audi where he also served as CEO.[1]
During his time as the Chief Executive Officer of Bentley Motors Ltd., he was responsible for the Bentley Mulsanne[6] and the Bentley Continental[7] series of cars. From 2003 to 2005, Dr. Paefgen was responsible for the development of the Bugatti Veyron.[8]
Since departing from Bentley and Bugatti, Dr Paefgen has accepted a position of a Board Member at the Finnish automotive company Valmet Automotive.[9] He also serves as a member of the supervisory board of German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG.[10]
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- 1 2 "Stocks". Archived from the original on October 12, 2012.
- ↑ "RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY - Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule - English". www.rwth-aachen.de.
- ↑ "Bentley Motors website home page". en.
- ↑ http://www.bugatti.com/en/home.html Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine Buggatti
- ↑ "Paefgen hands Dürheimer the keys to Bentley... And Bugatti".
- ↑ "Models". en.
- ↑ "Continental (2010-2018)". bentleymotors.com/.
- ↑ "Bugatti.com - Veyron 16.4". Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ↑ "Valmet Automotive appoints three new board members". www.valmet-automotive.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-06.
- ↑ "Company organizetion". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-04-13.