Chrysler Group's Eberhardt to Return to Automotive Retailing
05 Décembre 2006 - 8:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chrysler
Group President and Chief Executive Officer Tom LaSorda today
announced that Joe Eberhardt, Executive Vice President - Global
Sales, Marketing and Service, will be leaving the company in order
to return to automotive retailing within the Mercedes-Benz network
in the United States. The Senior Vice Presidents and Vice
Presidents of Sales, Marketing, International and Service will
report directly to LaSorda until further notice. "Joe brought a
much-needed discipline to our sales, marketing and service
organizations when he arrived in the summer of 2003," said LaSorda.
"Being back in the retail world is something he has talked about
for some time now, and having a proven track record in that arena,
makes it a natural." Eberhardt joined Mercedes-Benz in Germany in
1982 as a student in a work- study program. In the early 1990s, he
left the corporate environment and became General Manager of
Mercedes-Benz Manhattan, turning it into one of the most successful
dealerships in the country. He returned to Mercedes-Benz in 1995
and, in 1999, was named President and CEO of DaimlerChrysler UK
Ltd., where Eberhardt more than doubled sales and improved dealer
profitability in a stagnant market. "Joe's deep understanding of
the automotive industry and his proven leadership will continue to
serve the Company well as he moves back to the retail side," said
Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management
DaimlerChrysler/Head of Mercedes Car Group. Eberhardt was born in
Stuttgart, Germany, on August 26, 1963. He received his BA and MS
degrees in Germany, and earned his Masters of Business
Administration degree at New York University's Leonard N. Stern
School of Business in 1992. DATASOURCE: Chrysler Group CONTACT:
Jason Vines, +1-248-512-3164, , or Shawn Morgan, +1-248-512-2692, ,
both of Chrysler Group Web site:
http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com/
http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/
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