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Article: Wenning, Werner 1946–
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Werner Wenning
1946
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Chairman and chief executive officer, Bayer AG
Nationality: German.
Born: October 21, 1946, in Leverkusen-Opladen, Germany.
Family: Married Ursula; children: two.
Career: Bayer AG, 1966
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1996, various positions; 1996-1997, head of Corporate Planning and Controlling; 1997-2001, chairman of board of management committee for finance; 2001
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, chairman of board and CEO.
Address: Bayer AG, 51368 Leverkusen, Germany, +49-(0)5214/30-1; http://www.bayer.com.
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Werner Wenning grew up in the shadow of the Bayer Company in Leverkusen-Opladen, Germany
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the town that the company started over a century ago
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and began to work there as a young ...