Mercedes-Benz Group

Mercedes-Benz Group AG (; umwhile Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler an Daimler AG; ) is a German caur corporation, heidquairtered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. It wis fuirmit wi the merger o Benz & Cie an Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft in 1926. The company wis renamit DaimlerChrysler upon acquirin the American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation in 1998, an wis again renamed Daimler upon divestin o Chrysler in 2007. 

As o 2022, the Mercedes-Benz Group awned or haed shares in a nummer o caur, bus, larrie an motorcycle buists includin Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, Smart Automobile, Detroit Diesel, Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Setra, BharatBenz, Mitsubishi Fuso, MV Agusta as well as shares in Denza, KAMAZ an Beijing Automotive Group. The luxury Maybach buist wis terminatit at the end o 2012, but revivit in Apryle 2015 as "Mercedes-Maybach" versions o the Mercedes-Benz S-Class an G-Class. In 2017, it saud 3.3 million vehicles. Bi unit sales, the Mercedes-Benz Group is the thirteent-lairgest caur manufacturer an is the lairgest larrie manufacturer in the warld. It provides financial services throu Mercedes-Benz Mobility. The company is a component o the Euro Stoxx 50 stock mercat index.Frankfurt Stock Exchange   The Mercedes-Benz Group complex in Stuttgart include central company heidquairters, Mercedes-Benz an Daimler caur plants, Mercedes-Benz Museum an stadium Mercedes-Benz Arena.

 History 
Mercedes-Benz Group AG is a German manufacturer o automobiles, motor vehicles, an ingines, which dates back mair nor a century.

An Agreement of Mutual Interest wis signed on Mey 1, 1924 atween Benz & Cie (foondit 1883) o Karl Benz an Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (foondit 1890) o Gottlieb Daimler an Wilhelm Maybach.

Baith companies continued tae manufacture thair separate automobile an internal combustion ingine brands till, on Juin 28, 1926, when Benz & Cie. an Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft AG formally merged—becomin Daimler-Benz AG—an agreed that thereefter, aw o the factories wad uise the brand name o Mercedes-Benz on thair automobiles.

In 1998 Daimler-Benz AG "merged" wi the American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation, an formed DaimlerChrysler AG. In 2007, when the Chrysler group wis sauld aff tae Cerberus Capital Management, the name o the parent company wis chynged tae simply Daimler AG. It wis chynged tae Mercedes-Benz Group on 1 Februar 2022.

 Timeline o Mercedes-Benz Group AG 

Benz & Company, 1883–1926 
Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft AG, 1890–1926 
Daimler-Benz AG, 1926–1998 
DaimlerChrysler AG, 1998–2007 
Daimler AG, 2007–2022
Mercedes-Benz Group AG, 2022–present

 Sharehaulders Structur 

bi Awnership 

 Aabar Investments (Unitit Arab Emirates): 9.1%
 Kuwait Investment Authority (Kuwait): 6.9%
 Renault (Fraunce): 1.55%
 Nissan (Japan): 1.55%
 Institutional investors: 60.4%
 Private Investors: 20.4%
 Treasury Shares: 0.1%

bi Region 
 30.0% Germany
 33.5% Ither Europe
 17.9% United States
 9.1% United Arab Emirates
 6.9% Kuwait
 2.6% Others

 Buists 
Mercedes-Benz Group sells automobiles unner the follaein marques warldwide:
 Mercedes-Benz Cars
 Maybach
 Mercedes-Benz
 Smart
 Mercedes-AMG
 Daimler Trucks
 Commercial vehicles
 Freightliner
 Mercedes-Benz (truck group)
 Mitsubishi Fuso
 Thomas Built Buses
 Sterling Trucks - operations wind doun in 2010, but will continue tae support authorized dealers and vehicle owners
 Western Star
 Components
 Detroit Diesel
 Mercedes-Benz
 Mitsubishi Fuso
 Daimler Buses
 Mercedes-Benz buses
 Orion Bus Industries
 Setra
 Mercedes-Benz Vans
 Mercedes-Benz (vans group)
 Daimler Financial Services
 Mercedes-Benz Bank
 Mercedes-Benz Financial
 Daimler Truck Financial

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Category:Companies established in 1926
Category:Companies based in Stuttgart
Category:German buists
Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers o Germany
Category:Bus manufacturers
Category:Caur manufacturers o Germany
Category:1926 establishments in Germany
Category:Multinaitional companies
Category:Aabar Investments