Pursuits
Mueller Seen as VW CEO Front-Runner as House Cleaning Begins
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VW Selects Porsche's Matthias Mueller as CEO: WSJ
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Matthias Mueller, the head of the Porsche sports-car brand, has emerged as the front-runner to succeed Martin Winterkorn as Volkswagen AG’s chief executive officer and repair the company’s tarnished image as the house cleaning begins, people familiar with the matter said.
Mueller, a company veteran for four decades, enjoys the support of the family that controls VW as well as the automaker’s influential labor leaders, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. The final decision is due to be made on Friday, when the 20-person supervisory board meets at VW headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. A Volkswagen spokesman declined to comment.