There’s a new sheriff in town. Ola Källenius, 49, takes over as CEO of Daimler AG on May 22, replacing longtime boss Dieter Zetsche, who faced mandatory retirement but will return as chairman of the supervisory board in 2021. Zetsche, CEO for 13 years, helped groom the Swede who becomes Daimler’s first non-German CEO. We recently caught up with Källenius as he prepared to take over an automaker working to reinvent itself in an age of electrification, ride-sharing, autonomy, and...

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