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After having sold his remaining shares, Obermann started his career at
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International AG. He took over the last two roles from Kai-Uwe Ricke who was appointed as CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG.
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Hutchison Mobilfunk GmbH. Obermann was Managing Partner from 1992 to 1993 and Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 1998.
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International AG. In November 2002, he became Board Member of
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After Ricke had resigned in 2006, Obermann became the CEO of
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1075:ArianeGroup
958:Helicopters
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188:Apple Inc.
124:Early life
68:Occupation
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49:1963-03-05
1319:(via OTE)
1259:T-Systems
1215:HT Eronet
1205:(51.71%)
1180:(60.49%)
1003:Airbus UK
946:Divisions
276:Strato AG
258:Airbus SE
196:Orange UK
138:air force
114:Airbus SE
73:Airbus SE
1497:Category
1441:T-Center
1395:T-Online
1254:T-Mobile
1223:BT Group
1104:Category
1013:Helibras
774:Die Zeit
467:cnet.com
295:Die Zeit
264:Inmarsat
208:MetroPCS
1509:Commons
1421:Detecon
1404:Related
1194:(53.5%)
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935:History
829:3 March
711:15 June
603:3 March
577:3 March
540:Faz.net
472:3 March
447:3 March
311:E.ON SE
305:Spotify
130:Krefeld
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1359:SunCom
1339:Nextel
1249:T-Home
1211:76.53%
1186:56,67%
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1037:People
1028:Testia
926:Airbus
824:dw.com
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713:2017
631:2020
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