Stefan Pierer

Wels. Supervisory Board of Mercedes-Benz Group AG – Shareholder Representative. Chairman of the Board of Management of Pierer Industrie AG.

Elected until: 2027. First elected: 2023. Nationality: Austrian.

Stefan Pierer.
Stefan Pierer.

Stefan Pierer was born in 1956 in Bruck an der Mur in Austria. He earned an engineering degree in business and energy management from Montan University in Leoben in Austria in 1982.

Stefan Pierer began his career as a management assistant at HOVAL (GmbH), where he also became the Chief Sales Officer from 1984. In 1987 he founded Pierer Industrie AG, an investment group with headquarters in Austria, which he developed with his profound industry know-how as well as his expertise in product and brand development into a leading European industrial group in more than three decades. The company’s focus is mainly on the automotive high-tech component sector and the global “powered two-wheeler segment”. The motorcycle brands produced and sold include KTM, Husqvarna, GASGAS and MV Agusta.

Stefan Pierer is a member of the following other legally mandatory supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies:

  • Mercedes-Benz AG (group mandate)
  • Pankl AG* - Chairman
  • Pankl Racing Systems AG* - Chairman
  • SHW AG*
  • Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH*

*Group mandate of Pierer Industrie AG.
The Supervisory Board of Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Overview Dr. Martin Brudermüller Ergun Lümali* Michael Bettag* Ben van Beurden Nadine Boguslawski* Liz Centoni Dame Polly Courtice Sebastian Fay* Marco Gobbetti Michael Häberle* Dr. Doris Höpke Timotheus Höttges Olaf Koch Gabriela Neher* Michael Peters* Stefan Pierer Pia Simon* Professor Dr. Helene Svahn Monika Tielsch* Roman Zitzelsberger* Committees Remuneration