Wolfgang Büchele was born in 1959 in Geislingen, Germany. He holds a degree in chemistry graduating from the University of Ulm, Germany in 1984. Wolfgang completed his doctorate in natural sciences with special field in inorganic chemistry in 1987.
From 1984 until 1987 he was an assistant in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Ulm,Germany.
Wolfgang began his career as a research chemist at BASF AG, Ludwigshafen in 1987. From 1990 onwards, he held various executive positions in Ludwigshafen, Germany and Hong Kong, China. In 2001 he was named President for Eastern Europe, Africa, West Asia Regional Division. Wolfgang became President of the Performance Chemicals Division in 2003. In 2005 he was appointed President of the Fine Chemicals Division.
Wolfgang became a Project Advisor at The Blackstone Group International Partners LLP, London, UK in 2008. Then from 2009 until 2011 he was member of the Board and CEO of BordsodChem Zrt., in Budapest, Hungary. From 2012 until 2014 he was the President and CEO of Kemira Oyj, Helsinki, Finland.
With his and solid leadership experience in the chemicals industry it wasn’t a surprise when he was named CEO of Munich, Germany based Linde AG.
The Linde Group, registered as Linde AG was founded in 1879 by Carl von Linde in Germany. It is now a multinational industrial gases and engineering company. Linde AG is the world’s largest industrial gas company by market share and by revenue as well. The company’s shares are traded in all the German stock exchanges and in Zurich as well. The Linde share price is also included in the DAX 30 index. Aside from its Munich headquarters there is also some supporting headquarter functions in Surrey, England.
The Linde Group has more than 600 affiliated companies in over 100 countries, with customers in the industrial, retail, trade, science, research, and public sectors. It registered revenue of €17.047 billion in 2014 on assets of €34.425 billion.
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