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The 63-year-old Brudermüller is a chemist through and through and not an electrical or mechanical engineer like most automotive executives. As the long-time head of BASF, the leading manufacturer of chemicals, plastics, paints and catalysts for the automotive industry, he still knows this industry and its challenges well. Brudermüller has been CEO of BASF since 2018. The doctor of chemistry, a native of Stuttgart, worked for the world‘s largest chemical company for 36 years, where he began his career in the ammonia laboratory.