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Daimler-Benz AG

Stuttgart, Germany · Founded 1926 · Merged: Merged into Mercedes-Benz Group, according to Wikidata.

Daimler-Benz AG was founded in 1926 by Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, and is based in Stuttgart, Germany. It was merged into another company in 1998.

Key facts

Legal form
Aktiengesellschaft
Employees
300,068 (1997)
Listed
Tokyo Stock Exchange

About

1926-1998 automotive and engine manufacturer in Germany, later restructured and renamed; best-known products being the Mercedes-Benz cars

Founders

In context

We hold 47 other automotive industry companies founded in the 1920s. 31 of them have closed, after a median of 21 years, and 16 have no closure recorded.

Counted across this directory, from founding and closing years in public records. Medians cover only companies whose closure is recorded; a company with no closure date may have quietly ceased without the record catching it.

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