Oliver Blume (born 6 June 1968) is a German manager and CEO of Volkswagen Group.
He is also simultaneously the CEO of Porsche.
Blume was born in Braunschweig.
After graduating from high school in Braunschweig, Blume studied mechanical engineering at the Braunschweig University of Technology.
1994
In 1994, Blume graduated from an international trainee program at Audi.
At age 28, he was a planner for body shop and paint at Audi.
Three years later, he took over the responsibility for the body of the Audi A3, and two more years after that, he was appointed Executive Assistant production at Audi.
He received his PhD on vehicle technology.
For five years, Blume was in the production planning of SEAT, another five years at the Volkswagen brand.
2013
In 2013, he was appointed to the Porsche Executive Board, where he was responsible for production and logistics.
2015
Since 1 October 2015 Blume has served as CEO of Volkswagen subsidiary Porsche; the supervisory board of the company appointed him to this position on 30 September 2015.
He replaced Matthias Müller, who became CEO of VW Group.
