Wilhelm Haspel

{{Short description|German business executive (1898–1952)}} {{Infobox person | name = Wilhelm Haspel | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1898 | birth_place = | death_date = 6 January 1952 | death_place = Stuttgart, Germany | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = chairman and CEO of Daimler AG <small>(1942-1952)</small> | education = University of Stuttgart | employer = | occupation = Business executive | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Wilhelm Haspel''' (1898 - 6 January 1952) was a German business executive. He served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Daimler AG from 1942 to 1952.

==Early life== Wilhem Haspel was born in 1898.<ref name="Munzingerbio">{{cite web|title=Wilhelm Haspel|url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Wilhelm+Haspel/0/3825.html|website=Munzinger-Archiv|accessdate=March 23, 2018}}</ref> He graduated from the University of Stuttgart.<ref name="Munzingerbio"/>

==Career== Haspel joined Daimler in 1924.<ref name="daimlerbio">{{cite web|title=Dr. Willhelm Haspel CEO 1942-1952|url=https://www.daimler.com/company/tradition/ceos/haspel.html|website=Daimler|accessdate=March 22, 2018|quote=Although he was married to a Jewish woman, the company retained him, contrary to what the Nazi regime had in mind, and thanks to his competence, which was beyond doubt, Haspel became Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG on 19 August 1942.}}</ref> He became the manager of the factory in Sindelfingen in 1927.<ref name="daimlerbio"/> He served as the chairman and chief executive officer from 1942 to 1952.<ref name="Munzingerbio"/><ref name="daimlerbio"/>

==Personal life and death== Haspel was married to a Jewish woman.<ref name="daimlerbio"/> He died of brain hemorrhage on 6 January 1952 in Stuttgart, Germany.<ref name="morningnewsobit">{{cite news|title=Deaths Elsewhere|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/160442027/?terms=%22Wilhelm%2BHaspel%22|accessdate=March 22, 2018|work=The Morning News|location=Wilmington, Delaware|date=January 7, 1952|page=4|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}</ref>

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