Volkswagen: So ringt Piëchs Familie bis heute um das Erbe des Patriarchen
Nach Ferdinand Piëchs Tod stritten seine Erben öffentlich um den Nachlass. Exklusive Dokumente belegen, wie der Zwist um das Milliardenerbe enden sollte – und doch bis heute weitergeht.
Düsseldorf witnessed a black Bugatti Divo driven by a woman with blonde hair and dark glasses. The high-performance sports car, limited to just 40 examples, costs around five million euros each. The female driver, Ursula Piëch, aged 70, is the widow of the former Volkswagen patriarch, residing in Salzburg. A few days later, Porsche announced the sale of its Bugatti shares to an investor consortium for nearly a billion euros.
This transaction symbolizes the ongoing complexity of Ursula Piëch's inheritance from her late husband, Ferdinand Piëch. Ferdinand, who served as Volkswagen's head of management from 1993 to 2002 and later as supervisory board chairman until 2015, acquired the French luxury brand Bugatti for VW in 1998. The patriarch's wealth in 2019 surpassed one billion euros, consisting of properties in Salzburg, Tyrol, and Carinthia, a Munich apartment, a Mallorca yacht berth, Ferraris and Bugattis, patents, gold coins, and weapons.
Additionally, two private foundations held shares of his companies. The distribution of this inheritance remains contentious, involving Ursula Piëch and their 13 children. Official, as-yet unpublished documents, seen by the Handelsblatt, indicate who has held the upper hand in this significant German business dispute.
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