as Volkswagen CEO by Ferdinand Piëch in 1993. Hahn was a member of the advisory board of VW until 1997. He helped cleaning up VW's business practices, dealing with a case of foreign exchange fraud, but its $300 million cost to Volkswagen ate into the very profits Hahn had helped the company make. Personal life While stationed in the U.S., Hahn married Marisa Lea Traina; their four children were all born in the U.S. His wife died in 2013. Hahn died on 14 January 2023, aged 96. Legacy Former Volkswagen of America president Bill Young, in an interview with journalist David Kiley, explained Hahn's record as chairman of VW: "Dr. Hahn had a lot on his plate in the 1980s, and [VW was] an organization that he was not suited or equipped to turn upside down the way Piech did." References Further reading 1926 births 2023 deaths Businesspeople from Saxony Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany People from Chemnitz People in the automobile industry Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony Volkswagen Group executives