Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ekkehard D. Schulz, Krefeld

Former Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG

Personal details

Year of birth:

1941

Place of birth:

Bromberg/West Prussia

Education

1948 – 1952

Elementary school (Volksschule)

1952 – 1961

Secondary school (Gymnasium), higher school-leaving certificate (Abitur)

1961 – 1967

Clausthal Technical University – degree in metallurgy
(Diplom-Ingenieur)

1971

Clausthal Technical University – doctorate

Career

1967 – 1972

Research assistant and chief engineer at the Institute for General Metallurgy and Casting at Clausthal Technical University

1972 – 1984

Work in various areas of the Thyssen group – focusing on technology

1985

Deputy member of the Executive Board of Thyssen Stahl AG, production directorate

1986

Member of the Executive Board of Thyssen Stahl AG, production directorate

1988

Head of Technology at Thyssen Stahl AG

1991

Chairman of the Executive Board of Thyssen Stahl AG, also member of the Executive Board of Thyssen AG

1997

Chairman of the Executive Board of Thyssen Krupp Stahl AG

1998

Chairman of the Executive Board of Thyssen AG

1999 – 2011

Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG

April 1999

Awarded honorary professorship from Clausthal Technical University

July 2004

Awarded honorary doctorate from Berlin Technical University (Dr. rer. pol. h.c.)

July 2005

Awarded honorary doctorate from RWTH Aachen (Dr.-Ing. E.h.)

November 2008

Awarded Innovation Prize of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia

Membership of statutory supervisory boards in Germany

Membership of comparable control bodies