Franz-Josef_Paefgen

Franz-Josef Paefgen

Franz-Josef Paefgen

German engineer (born 1946)

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 was 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 is a member of the supervisory board of German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG.[10]

Further reading

  • Richard Feast - Kidnap of the Flying Lady: How Germany Captured Both Rolls-Royce and Bentley (Motorbooks, 2003) ISBN 0-7603-1686-4
  • Andrew Frankel - Bentley - the Story (Redwood Publishing, 2005) ISBN 0-9517751-9-7

References

  1. [1]
    "Stocks". Archived from the original on October 12, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY - Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule - English". www.rwth-aachen.de.
  3. [3]
    "Bentley Motors website home page". en.
  4. [4]
    http://www.bugatti.com/en/home.doc Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine Buggatti
  5. [5]
    "Paefgen hands Dürheimer the keys to Bentley... And Bugatti".
  6. [6]
    "Models". en.
  7. [7]
    "Continental (2010-2018)". bentleymotors.com/.
  8. [8]
    "Bugatti.com - Veyron 16.4". Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
  9. [9]
    "Valmet Automotive appoints three new board members". www.valmet-automotive.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-06.
  10. [10]
    "Company organizetion". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-04-13.


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