by Ekrem Duman | Aug 8, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRForvia is the world’s seventh-largest automotive supplier, created in 2022 when France’s Faurecia acquired Germany’s Hella in a bold, debt-funded bid for scale. With around €27 billion in revenue, 157,000 employees and six business groups...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 8, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRValeo is one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, with €21.5 billion in 2024 sales, betting its future on the electrification and ‘brain’ of the car. Reorganised into three divisions — POWER (electrification), BRAIN (driver-assistance...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 8, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRMichelin is the world’s leading tire maker, with €27.2 billion in 2024 sales and a segment operating margin above 12% — exceptional for a component supplier. Beyond tires it is diversifying into high-tech materials, services and data, guided by its...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 8, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRRenault delivered a striking turnaround in 2024 — record operating margin of 7.6%, record automotive net cash of €7.1 billion — by pursuing a ‘value over volume’ strategy under CEO Luca de Meo, who then left to run luxury group Kering. Its low-cost...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 8, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRStellantis is the world’s third-largest carmaker by volume, created in 2021 by merging France’s Groupe PSA (Peugeot) with Fiat Chrysler to form a 14-brand giant. Engineered by cost-cutter Carlos Tavares to extract huge merger synergies, it delivered...
