This article is about the German automobile and motorcycle manufacturer. For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation).
BMW headquarters in Munich, Germany
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| Aktiengesellschaft (AG) | |
| Traded as | FWB: BMW |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Predecessor | Rapp Motorenwerke Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG (BFW)[1] Automobilwerk Eisenach |
| Founded | 7 March 1916 |
| Founder | Franz Josef Popp, Karl Rapp, Camillo Castiglioni |
| Headquarters | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
Area served
| Worldwide |
Key people
| Norbert Reithofer (Chairman of the Supervisory Board) Harald Krüger (Chairman of the Board of Management) |
| Products | Luxury vehicles, sports cars,motorcycles, bicycles |
Production output
| 2,117,965 Automobiles (2014) about 120,000 Motorcycles (2014) |
| Revenue | €80.401 billion (2014)[2] |
| €8.707 billion (2014)[2] | |
| Profit | €5.817 billion (2014)[2] |
| Total assets | €182.72 billion (2015)[2] |
| Total equity | €3.839 billion (2014)[2] |
| Owner | Stefan Quandt (29%) Susanne Klatten (21%) Public float (50%) |
Number of employees
| 116,324 (2014)[2] |
| Divisions | Mini BMW Motorsport BMW i BMW Motorrad |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Slogan | "Sheer Driving Pleasure" (Worldwide) "The Ultimate Driving Machine" (United States, United Kingdom) "The Ultimate Driving Experience" (Canada) "Freude am Fahren" (Germany) |
| Website | BMW Group BMW Automobiles |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (German pronunciation: [baˈjʁɪʃə mɔˈtɔʁen̩ ˈvɛɐ̯kə] (
listen); German for Bavarian Motor Works), usually known under its abbreviation BMW (German pronunciation: [ˈbeˈemˈve] (
listen)), is a German luxury vehicles, motorcycle, and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. Headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it also owns and produces Mini cars and serves as the parent company ofRolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad, and plug-in electric cars under the BMW i sub-brand and the "iPerformance" model designation within the regular BMW lineup. It is one of the best-selling luxury automakers in the world.[3] The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.[4

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