Erwin Staudt (born February 25, 1948 in Leonberg) is a former president of VfB Stuttgart. Staudt had studied economy and was manager at IBM.
He was elected as president of VfB Stuttgart on 26 June 2003. On 17 July 2011 he did not participate again in the election of the president.
Staudt joined in IBM Germany in 1973. In 1982, he took his first job in Stuttgart as a manager, where he worked as Sales Manager in charge of the Baden-Württemberg customers in the areas of Financial Management, Social and Energy Supply. Later he held the positions of Head of Marketing in the head office as well as the Assistant Director of Marketing and Services.
1986 Staudt became head of the Berlin branch of IBM, 1989, he took over as Executive Vice President as Head of Communications / Public Relations at the headquarters of IBM Germany. From July 1992, he was responsible for the entire German PC business.
In 1994 Staudt changed his position to Sales and was appointed to CEO of IBM Germany Informationssysteme GmbH.
In October 1994, Staudt went as General Manager for Competitive Marketing, then as Vice President of marketing to the European headquarters of IBM in Paris. He was responsible for the global operations "basic industries" and "Petroleum" from July 1995 to October 1998. From November 1, 1998 to January 14, 2003, Erwin Staudt was the CEO of IBM Germany.
  | This biographical article related to German sports is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Compaq was a company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the first company to legally reverse engineer the IBM Personal Computer. It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by HP in 2001. Struggling to keep up in the price wars against Dell, as well as with a risky acquisition of DEC, Compaq was acquired for US$25 billion by HP in 2002. The Compaq brand remained in use by HP for lower-end systems until 2013 when it was discontinued.
Samuel J. "Sam" Palmisano was president and the eighth chief executive officer of IBM until January 2012. He also served as Chairman of the company until October 1, 2012.
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team which is currently part of Germany's second division 2. Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart has won the national championship five times, most recently in 2006–07; the DFB-Pokal three times; and the UEFA Intertoto Cup a record three times.
Matthias Sammer is a retired German footballer and coach who last worked as sporting director of Bayern Munich. He played as a defensive midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper.
Wolfgang Felix Magath is a German football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder. The most notable spell of his playing career was with Hamburger SV, with whom he won three Bundesliga titles, the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final and the 1983 European Cup Final, scoring in both Finals. He also gained 43 international caps for the West Germany national team, winning UEFA Euro 1980 and reaching two consecutive World Cup finals.
Markus Babbel is a former international German football player and coach who last managed the Western Sydney Wanderers FC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England. Babbel won the UEFA Cup twice, in 1996 with Bayern and in 2001 with Liverpool.
Paul Stevens Otellini was an American businessman and one-time president and CEO of Intel. He was also on the board of directors of Google.
Krasimir Genchev Balakov is a Bulgarian former footballer turned manager, who managed the Bulgarian national team between May–October 2019. A former attacking midfielder, he was a key member of the Bulgarian national team that finished fourth in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. After Hristo Stoichkov, he is considered the greatest Bulgarian footballer of his generation.
Christoph Paul Daum is a German professional football coach and former player who last managed the Romania national team. Daum played as a midfielder and was a junior for several clubs from the region of Duisburg. He began his senior career with Hamborn 07 and Eintracht Duisburg, before joining 1. FC Köln in 1975 and being part of the reserve team that won the 1980–81 German amateur football championship. As a manager, he won eight trophies with clubs from Germany, Turkey and Austria. Daum began his football career in 1971 in the youth league with Hamborn 07. He transferred in 1972 to Eintracht Duisburg and then in 1975 to 1. FC Köln, where he played in the amateur league until his retirement.
Ricardo Osorio Mendoza is a Mexican former footballer who played as a defender.
Armin Veh is a German former football midfielder and current manager. He last managed Eintracht Frankfurt. He won the German championship with Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart in 2007. Veh and his team also had the chance to win "the double" by winning the DFB-Cup on 26 May 2007 in Berlin, but lost 2–3 in overtime against 1. FC Nürnberg. Since 11 December 2017, Veh is the sports director of 1. FC Köln.
Sidney Taurel is an American businessman. He is the chairman of Pearson plc and chairman emeritus of Eli Lilly and Company, where he had a 37-year career and served as chairman and chief executive officer from 1998 to 2008. He became chairman of Pearson in January 2016. He is currently a director of IBM corporation and advises Almirall S.A. on issues of corporate strategy.
Tom Long is the son of Richard G Long and BettyLayne Hollinshead Long, was President and Chief Executive Officer of Miller Brewing Company and later CEO of MillerCoors, one of the Worlds largest Brewers. He is now managing partner of Bridger Growth Partners in Atlanta, GA
Rainer Adrion is a German football manager and former defender.
Marc Kienle is a German former footballer who current manager. As a player, he spent six seasons in the Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart and MSV Duisburg.
Robert Lord is IBM's first Chief Digital Officer where he is now missioned with bringing together the IBM Digital Business Group. He is responsible for overseeing the Digital Platforms team, Digital Sales organization, Digital Marketing, Routes to Market and Offering teams, and IBM's Developer and Startup Ecosystem
Virginia "Ginni" Marie Rometty is an American business executive. She was the chair, president, and CEO of IBM, and the first woman to head the company. Prior to becoming president and CEO in January 2012, she first joined IBM as a systems engineer in 1981 and subsequently headed global sales, marketing, and strategy. While general manager of IBM's global services division, in 2002 she helped negotiate IBM's purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers IT consulting business, becoming known for her work integrating the two companies. As CEO, she focused IBM on analytics, cloud computing, and cognitive computing systems.
Stephen Terence Odell is a former automotive executive who spent all of his career with the Ford Motor Company, and its various subsidiaries: Jaguar, Mazda, and Volvo Car Corporation. His last role at Ford Motor Company was Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, Sales and Service.
Bernd Otto Wahler is a German businessman. He was president of VfB Stuttgart between 22 July 2013 and 15 May 2016, his resignation due to Stuttgart's relegation to 2. Bundesliga in 2015-16 season.
Jan Schindelmeiser is a German director of football who last worked as the executive board representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart.
