POV: You're the World's Worst CEO (Volkswagen Dieselgate)

POV: You're the World's Worst CEO (Volkswagen Dieselgate) You spent forty years building the world's most trusted car company. And it all collapsed in five days. This is Martin Winterkorn, the engineer who turned Volkswagen into the world's largest automaker, and built the most precisely engineered fraud in automotive history. And this is Dieselgate, told from the inside. ──────────────────────── ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 - The $33 Billion Lie 00:19 - You are Martin Winterkorn 03:40 - Strategy 2018 06:01 - The Defeat Device Explained 09:48 - Dan Carder and the Road Test 13:05 - September 2015 14:13 - The Resignation 15:41 - $33 Billion and Counting 19:29 - Still Waiting ──────────────────────── 📚 DIG DEEPER 📖 BOOK: "Faster, Higher, Farther" by Jack Ewing → Paperback: https://amzn.to/3QLxhlu ──────────────────────── 🎬 WATCH: → "Dirty Money: Hard NOx" (Netflix) Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80118100 ──────────────────────── As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Some links above are affiliate links. We earn a small commission if you purchase — at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the channel! This video is a dramatisation inspired by real events. Internal thoughts and dialogue are fictionalised for storytelling purposes. Visual style is illustrative. All facts, figures, dates, and legal outcomes are sourced from public record.