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Business Movers

Wondery

History, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Porsche enters a golden age of its history with the launch of an iconic car and victory on the racetrack. But when world events turn car buyers’ attention to fuel efficiency, Ferry Porsche faces an internal battle over the future direction of the company.

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0:00.0	Want to get more from business movers?
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0:14.3	Wonderly.
0:15.0	One... It's October 20, 1973, at Ferry Portia's country house in Zelomzi, Austria.
0:34.6	The now 64-year-old ferry unlocks the door and rushes to pick up the phone.
0:40.5	But just as he gets there, it stops ringing.
0:44.0	Ferry curses under his breath, drops the keys on a side table, and then kicks off his boots.
0:49.4	Last year, Ferry stepped back from day-to-day management of Porsche and moved into a role
0:54.0	that's more
0:54.4	advisory than operational, and that means he's free to spend long vacations in the Albs, wandering
0:59.8	the hills around his luxurious estate.
1:02.9	As Ferry pours himself a drink.
1:05.3	The phone begins to ring again, and this time, Ferry is quick enough to grab the receiver.
1:09.8	Ferry, Portia here.
1:11.2	Ferry, it's Ernst. Ernst Ferman is Ferry is quick enough to grab the receiver. Fairy, Portia here. Fairy, it's Ernst.
1:13.0	Ernst Ferman is Ferry's successor as Portia's chief executive.
1:17.0	Oh, Ernst, you just caught me. I've been out in the hills, enjoying the fresh air.
1:20.5	I know. I've been trying to reach you all morning.
1:22.6	Why, is there a problem?
1:24.0	You heard the latest out of the Middle East? Two weeks ago, a coalition of Arab countries invaded Israel.
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