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Daimler AG

Daimler AG
Aktiengesellschaft
Traded as DAI
Industry Automotive
Predecessor Daimler-Benz (1926–98)
DaimlerChrysler (1998–2007)
Founded 2007; 10 years ago (2007)
(as Daimler)
Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dieter Zetsche (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Manfred Bischoff (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Products Automobiles, commercial vehicles
Revenue €149.467 billion (2015)
Profit €8.711 billion (2015)
Total assets $235.91 billion (2016)
Total equity €54.624 billion (2015)
Owner Institutional shareholders(74.8%)
Private shareholders (15.3%)
Kuwait Investment Authority (6.8%)
Renault–Nissan Alliance (3.1%)
Number of employees
284,015 (2015)
Divisions Mercedes-Benz
Smart
Subsidiaries
Website www.daimler.com/en/

Daimler AG (German pronunciation: [ˈdaɪmlɐ aːˈɡeː]) is a German multinational automotive corporation. Daimler AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2014, Daimler owns or has shares in a number of car, bus, truck and motorcycle brands including Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, Smart Automobile, Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Setra, BharatBenz, Mitsubishi Fuso, MV Agusta as well as shares in Denza, KAMAZ, Beijing Automotive Group. The Maybach brand was closed at the end of 2012, but was revived in April 2015 as "Mercedes-Maybach", an ultra luxury edition of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. In 2015 Daimler sold 2.9 million vehicles. By unit sales, Daimler is the thirteenth-largest car manufacturer and second-largest truck manufacturer in the world. In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures buses and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 .


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