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Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung is stepping down early.

What happened

Stefan Hartung will leave Bosch as chairman of the management board on Jun 30th '26.

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Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung is stepping down early. Surprising change at the top: Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung is leaving. The 60-year-old is stepping down from his mandate as chairman of the management board on June 30 at his own request, the technology company in Gerlingen near Stuttgart announced. Hartung wants to dedicate himself to new social and entrepreneurial tasks outside the Bosch Group. His successor is to be the previous deputy CEO Christian Fischer. June 26, 2026 - 5:24 AM According to the company, the change is taking place in close coordination and agreement with the top level at Bosch. 'The shareholders and the supervisory board regret Stefan Hartung's decision and expressly thank him for his great services in the prudent leadership of the company during an exceptionally challenging phase,' said supervisory board chairman Stefan Asenkerschbaumer. Hartung had purposefully continued the powerful further development of Bosch. 'We respect Stefan Hartung's personal decision and wish him much success for his future,' Asenkerschbaumer is further quoted. The manager is also a managing partner of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, the group's center of power. It holds the majority of voting rights in the world's largest automotive supplier. Contract had only been extended. Bosch had only extended Hartung's contract last fall. Details were not disclosed at the time, but...

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Event
Executive departure

What this signalsA leader's exit often changes who makes buying decisions.

Person
Stefan Hartungchairman of the management board
Stories
2
Takes effect
Jun 30, 2026
Location
Stuttgart, Germany

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People

  • Stefan Hartungchairman of the management board · Named in the story

Numbers

Stories about this event
2

Details

Ticker
NS:BOSH

Topics and mentions

Job title tags

  • management

Extraction

Confidence
84%
Detected
Jun 26, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
leaves

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