Porsche Automobil Holding SE

Porsche Automobil Holding SE

Type	Societas Europaea
Traded as	: PAH3
Industry	Holding company
Founded	Stuttgart, Germany (1931)
Founder	Ferdinand Porsche
Headquarters	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Hans Dieter Pötsch, Chairman of the Executive BoardWolfgang Porsche, Chairman
Services	Automotive financial services, engineering services, investment management
Profit	€1.374 billion (2016 annual report)
Total assets	€28.365 billion (2016 annual report)
Total equity	€27.864 billion (2016 annual report)
Owner	Porsche and Piëch families (50% of equity, 100% of voting power)
Number of employees	30 (2016 annual report)
Subsidiaries	Volkswagen Group Porsche Engineering Porsche Design Group
Website	www.Porsche-SE.com

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE (German pronun­cia­tion: [ˈpɔʁʃə]), is a German holding company with investments in the automotive industry. Porsche SE is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, a city district of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg and is owned by the Porsche and Piëch families. The company was founded in Stuttgart as Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche GmbH in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951) and his son-in-law Anton Piëch (1894–1952).

Porsche SE was created in June 2007 by renaming the old Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, and became a holding company for the families' stake in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH (50.1%) (which in turn held 100% of the old Porsche AG) and currently is the major shareholder in Volkswagen AG (31.5%) and holds the majority voting rights (50.7%). At the same time, the new Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Porsche AG) was created for the car manufacturing business.

In August 2009, Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG reached an agreement that the car manufacturing operations of the two companies would merge in 2011, to form an "Integrated Automotive Group". The management of Volkswagen AG agreed to 50.7% of Volkswagen AG being controlled by Porsche SE in return for Volkswagen AG management taking Porsche SE management positions (in order for Volkswagen management to remain in control), and for Volkswagen AG acquiring ownership of Porsche AG.

As of the end of 2014, the 31.5% stake in VW AG is the predominant investment by Porsche SE, and Volkswagen AG in turn controls brands and companies such as Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, Škoda, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche AG, Ducati, VW Commercial Vehicles, Scania, MAN, as well as Volkswagen Financial Services.