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After a match, players swap shirts. After this conversation,
could you imagine swapping jobs with each other ?
GUARDIOLA : I certainly wouldn’t be capable of maintaining
Vorsprung durch Technik. I’d be the wrong person. I really
like driving my Audi S8, but I simply couldn’t do Mr. Stadler’s
job. No way. Though I think he could do mine. Everyone knows
a bit about soccer. STADLER: Well, it’s easy to say that.
GUARDIOLA : But it’s true ! Everyone has some understanding
of the game ! STADLER : There’s a little bit of a soccer expert
in everyone, but whether they could really do the job is a
dierent matter. I’m a strong believer of “cobbler, stick to
your trade.” Everyone has their own skills and their own special
qualities. The important thing is to use them in a way that
brings you inner satisfaction. You have to celebrate your suc-
cesses and give something back to society. That means
Mr. Guardiola is in his element on the touchline, and I equally
so at Audi.
Free kick to Mr. Stadler.
STADLER : (laughing) Let the players do their shirt-swapping.
But I wouldn’t want to swap my job at Audi for a dierent one.
Not even for one day.
PROF. RUPERT STADLER
was born on March 17, 1963 in Titting (Bavaria). He studied
Business Management in Augsburg. He started working at
AUDI AG in 1990. From 1994 to 1997, Rupert Stadler was
Managing Director of Volkswagen/Audi España S.A. in Barcelona,
before being appointed Head of the Board of Management’s
Oce at the VW Group’s headquarters. Rupert Stadler has been
Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG since 2007.
He was appointed to the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG
in 2010. He and his wife Angelika have three children.
PHOTOS : Anke Luckmann ILLUSTRATION : AUDI AG
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