Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann retires
She was long regarded as a model entrepreneur and is one of the richest people in the country: Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann, matriarch of the supplier Schaeffler, is retiring.
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She was long regarded as a model entrepreneur and is one of the richest people in the country: Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann, matriarch of the supplier Schaeffler, is retiring.

Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann is resigning from the Schaeffler Supervisory Board. She will be succeeded by ex-CDU politician Katherina Reiche.
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