Karlheinz Kaske (April 19, 1928 in Essen – September 27, 1998) was a German

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

and

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of the

Siemens AG Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

from 1981 to 1992. Kaske studied

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which rel ...

RWTH Aachen RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...

and joined Siemens in 1950, when he became an engineer in the Siemens factory at

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the German States of Germany, state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital o ...

. Later he was a lecturer for electrical engineering at

and he continued academic teaching during his following years in Siemens’ development department. In 1975, Kaske became a member of the board of directors and since 1977 he was director of the

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department. He succeeded

Bernhard Plettner Dr. Ing. e.h. Bernhard Plettner (December 2, 1914 in Oberlahnstein – November 2, 1997 in Erlangen) was a German engineer and manager. From 1971 to 1981 he was CEO of Siemens AG. Plettner studied electrical engineering in Darmstadt. After an in ...

as CEO in 1981. He passed the office to Heinrich von Pierer in October 1992.

References

*''Shaping the Future. The Siemens Entrepreneurs 1847–2018.'' Ed. Siemens Historical Institute, Hamburg 2018, .

External links

Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of Siemens AG
1998 deaths 1928 births Engineers from Essen German electrical engineers People from the Rhine Province Siemens people RWTH Aachen University alumni Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich {{Germany-business-bio-stub