Biography:Porsche family

Porsche family
Porsche family gravesite in Vratislavice
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation	Engineers and businessmen
Years active	1898–present
Known for	Projects of Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, Tiger I, Tiger II, Elefant, all Porsche models (including 356 and 911), Volkswagen Beetle, Audi Quattro and others

The Porsche family is a prominent Austrian family of industrialists descending from the automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. Its members have full ownership of the Porsche SE automobile company and majority voting rights over Volkswagen AG, the biggest automaker in the world.

Ferdinand Porsche was born to a German-speaking family of Maffersdorf, Bohemia, son of Anton Porsche (1845-1908) and Anna Ehrlich. The Sudeten German surname Porsche can be traced to the 18th century in the area of Reichenberg (now Liberec), Bohemia. The surname originates with the German word Bursche ("boy, young man, apprentice, farmhand") and is on record in northern Bohemia in various spellings (Porsch, Borsche, Borsch, Bursche, Bursch, Pursch, Pursche, etc.) from the early 17th century.

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Piëch family

• Children of Ernst Piëch and his wife Elisabeth Piëch (1936-) daughter of Heinrich Nordhoff (1899-1968)
  • Charlotte Piëch (1960-)
  • Florian Piëch (1962-)
  • Sebastian Piëch (1965-)
• Children of Louise Daxer-Piëch and her husband Josef Ahorner
  • Louise Dorothea Kiesling (1957-)
  • Josef Michael Ahorner (1960-)
• Children of Ferdinand Piëch: with wife Corina von Planta (Arianne, Corina, Desiree, Ferdinand "Nando" and Jasmin), with Marlene Maurer (Anton and Valentin), with Herma Hutter (Ferdinand and Caroline) and with wife Ursula Plasser (Markus, Florina Louise and Gregor Anton)
  • Arianne Piëch (1959-)
  • Corina Piëch (1960-)
  • Desiree Piëch (1962-)
  • Ferdinand "Nando" Piëch (1967-)
  • Jasmin Piëch (1969-)
  • Anton Piëch (1974-)
  • Valentin Piëch (1976-)
  • Ferdinand Piëch (1979-)
  • Caroline Piëch (1982-)
  • Markus Piëch (1985-)
  • Florina Louise Pantic (1987-)
  • Gregor Anton Piëch (1994-)
• Children of Hans Michel Piëch and his wife Veronika Piëch:
  • Claudia Fox Linton (1964-)
  • Melanie Wenckheim (1967-)
  • Sfefan Piëch (1970-)
  • Julia Kuhn-Piëch (1981-)
  • Sophie Piëch (1985-)
  • Helene Piëch (1993-)

The father of Chris Reitz, the former head of design for Alfa Romeo, was adopted by Dorothea, the wife of Ferry.

Shareholdings

• Porsche SE (equity: 50%/voting power: 100%)
• Volkswagen Group (subscribed capital: 32.2%/voting rights: 50.73%)
• Porsche Engineering (subsidiary of Porsche SE)
• Porsche Design Group (majority stake)

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  Ferdinand Porsche
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  Ferry Porsche
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  Ferdinand Piëch

References

• "The Porsche Story: A Fierce Family Feud"—Der Spiegel
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