The Porsche family is a prominent German family of industrialists descending from the Austrian automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. Its members own a significant share of the Porsche automobile corporation.
Dr. Wolfgang Porsche has been Chairman of Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE (aka: Porsche AG) since November 2007. Dr. Porsche served as the Chairman of Supervisory Board for Porsche Holding GmbH. and Porsche Ges.m.b.H. Dr. Porsche serves as Member of The Supervisory Board for Porsche Holding GmbH.,Porsche Cars North America, Inc., Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd., Porsche Italia S.p.A., Porsche Ibérica S.A., Porsche Bank AG., PGA Group S.A.S. and Eterna ... S.A. Dr. Porsche holds Diplom-Kaufmann and has been Member of the Supervisory Board for Volkswagen AG since April 24, 2008. He serves as Member of the Supervisory Board at Porsche Automobil Holding SE.
The title of honorary senator of the Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg was conferred in 13 January 2012 on Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, and Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new Nonntal university campus. “Dr. Porsche’s selfless contribution benefits the entire education system while at the same time signalling his close connection with the city and state of Salzburg,” said Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schmidinger, rector of the University of Salzburg in his laudatory address.
