Porsche boss Wendelin Wiedeking is in talks to succeed Ferdinand Piëch as chairman of the Volkswagen supervisory board, according to Wirtschaftswoche magazine, reported by dpa-AFX.

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Piëch would continue as an ordinary member of the board when he steps down as chairman next year.


Other candidates for the chairmanship are Osnabruck steel entrepreneur Jürgen Großmann, head of the Georgsmarienhütte, and E.ON chairman, Hans Michael Gaul, according to the magazine.

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