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This article is about the German automobile manufacturer. For the British automobile manufacturer, see Daimler Company.
Daimler AG
Type
Aktiengesellschaft
Traded as
FWB: DAI
Industry
Automotive
Predecessor(s)
DaimlerChrysler (1998-2007)
Daimler-Benz (1926-1998)
Founded
1998
Headquarters
Stuttgart, Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dieter Zetsche (CEO and Chairman of the management board)
Manfred Bischoff (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Products
Automobiles, commercial vehicles
Revenue
€114.297 billion (2012)[1]
Operating income
€8.615 billion (2012)[1]
Profit
€6.495 billion (2012)[1]
Total assets
€162.978 billion (2012)[1]
Total equity
€45.51 billion (2012)[1]
Owner(s)
Institutional shareholders[1](70.0%)
Private shareholders (19.3%)
Kuwait Investment Authority(7.6%)
Renault-Nissan Alliance(3.1%)
Employees
275,087 (2012)[1]
Divisions
Mercedes-Benz
Smart
Subsidiaries
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Website www.daimler.com Daimler AG (help·info) (German pronunciation: [ˈdaɪmlɐ aːˈɡeː]; formerly DaimlerChrysler) is a German multinational automotive corporation. Daimler AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. By unit sales, it is the thirteenth-largest car manufacturer and second-largest truck manufacturer in the world. In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures buses and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm.
As of 2013, Daimler owns or has shares in a number of car, bus and truck marques including Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, Smart Automobile,Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Setra, BharatBenz, Mitsubishi Fuso, as well as shares in Denza, KAMAZ, Beijing Automotive Group,Tesla Motors, and Renault-Nissan Alliance. At the end of 2012, the company closed the Maybach marque.
Contents
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1 History
1.1 Timeline of Daimler AG
1.2 Merger with Chrysler
2 Corporate affairs
2.1 Management
2.2
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