Heinrich Nordhoff

Heinrich Nordhoff
Born
Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff

(1899-01-06)6 January 1899
Hildesheim, German Empire[1]
Died12 April 1968(1968-04-12) (aged 69)
Wolfsburg, West Germany
Known forChief of Volkswagen

Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff (6 January 1899 – 12 April 1968) was a German engineer who led the rebuilding of Volkswagen (VW) after World War II. He was featured on the cover of Time magazine on Feb. 15, 1954.

Nordhoff accepted the British invitation to assume the directorship of VW, directly after WWII, at the time little more than a bombed factory, and guided the company to become the fourth largest automotive company at the time of his death in 1968.[2]

  1. ^ Smith, Maurice A. (Ed.) (25 April 1968). "News and views: Volkswagen chief dies". Autocar. 128 (nbr 3767): 57.
  2. ^ John William Riley (April 14, 1968). "Heinrich Nordoff: he built a bug into an automotive giant". The Boston Globe, p. 122.