At age 27 and upon her father's retirement,[REF] Winkler assumed the sole management of his construction company,[REF] A. Winkler Sohn GmbH & Co. KG,[REF] a family-owned business since 1824 [REF].
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche first met Winkler in 1995 at a convention in Stuttgart, where she stood out as a particularly strong speaker.