InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Ferdinand Piech, architect of Volkswagen’s global expansion, dies aged 82 By financialnews_rlv83x - August 27, 2019 0 112 Ferdinand Karl Piech, Volkswagen AG’s former chairman and chief executive, who transformed the German company from a struggling midsized carmaker into a global automotive powerhouse, has died, his wife said in a statement.