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It looks like this article has been polished. Klaus Kleinfeld has had various scandals in Germany next to the bribery scandals mention in this article. He had a Rolex scandal, where his spokespersons denied accusations of having photoshoped a PR images of him. It turned out that they lied and a PR company was indeed modifying images due to Kleinfeld's explicit request. Additionally, there is no paragraph mentioning the bankruptcy of Benq Mobile after just years in business. Instead, his article reads like this would have been a success story. There is a reason, Kleinfeld was not accepted in CEO jobs within Europe after his brief intermezzo as Siemens CEO. Overall, Kleinfeld's article is lacking all critical statements. It's like some PR guy did write it. 2A02:8071:69C:5100:50F:97D:464D:9D4A (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:00, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi in the german news was that Kleinfelds article in the german wikipedia was mainipulated by some people from siemens. It's also in the discussion of the article. U can find it here. --134.147.63.77 00:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the German version of Kleinfeld's biography is much more comprehensive. While the material presented on the english wikipedia is mainly a copy from Siemens PR material, the german web site features tons of well-documented critizism, such as Kleinfeld's attempts to systematically alter his wikipedia page through Siemens PR agents, his other PR-desasters (like having PR persons photoshopping a Rolex watch out of a previously released company picture, demanding salary increases of 30% for himself while massively laying off staff or demanding a contract extension with Siemens before his role in a scandal was fully investigated) and his role in current Siemens-catastrophes like the unsuccessfull Mobile-Phones-spin-off that ended in massive layoffs and bancrupcy of the cellphone division, his role in the bribery scandal (where Siemens executives systematically bribed unionists and "customers".

Somebody should take some time and translate the german version.

OttfriedSander 18:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The communication skills of Mr. Kleinfeld are praised and he is displayed as socially concerned manager. I am concerned that his co-workers introduced these features for three reasons: 1. They reportedly have been cought doing that in the past. 2. His communication skills cannot be that good because he announced a 30 % raise for the board of directors while laying off employees at the same time. The public is very upset about that, raising significant doubts about his communication skills.

3. If he would be socially concerned, he would not fire thousands of employees and raise his salary at the same time.

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PR?[edit]

This article reads as if written by a PR firm. Kleinfeld's departure from Siemens came after the bribery scandal - the scandal is mentioned, but it is not given as a reason for his departure in the summary, even though sources at the time suggest that the ongoing corruption scandal was the main reason:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-siemens-idUSL2524589120070426

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/kleinfeld-throws-in-the-towel-siemens-ceo-undermined-by-board-a-479588.html

Also, Kleinfeld's departure from Arconic was due to personal threats which were regarded as blackmail that he made in the letter sent to Elliot - the letter is mentioned, but not the reason it led to his departure (it is merely called "unauthorised").

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ousted-arconic-ceo-sent-a-vague-threat-to-activist-hedge-fund-boss-1492647586

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-20/ex-arconic-ceo-sent-soccer-ball-with-letter-to-elliott-s-singer

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2017-04-20/investor-says-arconic-ceo-sent-letter-with-veiled-threats — Preceding unsigned comment added by Porridge (talk • contribs) 05:42, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Updates regarding role at NEOM[edit]

Hi – My name is Kate, and I am writing from Cohn & Wolfe on behalf of a client, the Public Investment Fund’s NEOM project. We would like to request a factual update to Klaus’s page to reflect his new position as CEO of NEOM. This would encompass one additional small changes in addition to the update already made by another user in the first paragraph.

It would be great if we could add a short section under ‘Career’ to include NEOM, something short and factual along the following lines:

On 24 October 2017, it was announced Kleinfeld had been appointed CEO of the NEOM project by HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. ^[1]. NEOM is a new initiative spearheaded by HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman. ^[2].

For full disclosure, we have not made any changes to this page at any time and will not do so in the future. Please let us know if these edits are acceptable to make. We are happy to provide further supporting materials or answer any questions as necessary. If there is something wrong with the process of posting on the talk page, please do let me know and I will amend. Many thanks!--217.111.186.68 (talk) 14:33, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

[1] ttps://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/24/saudis-set-500-billion-plan-to-develop-zone-headed-by-former-alcoa-chief-klaus-kleinfeld.html

[2] ttps://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-neom-saudi-mega-city/

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