There is also an American tennis player named Bob Lutz
Robert "Bob" A. Lutz, born February 12 1932, in Zürich, Switzerland, is the head of General Motors in Europe.
He became chairman of GM North America on November 13, 2001. Before joining GM he was chairman and chief executive officer of Exide Technologies . Before joining Exide he worked at Chrysler Corporation from 1986 to 1998, where he reached the position of vice chairman. In 1998 he wrote the book about his experiences there. Before Chrystler he worked 12 years at Ford Motor Company, becoming executive vice president of truck operations. Lutz also sat as chairman of Ford of Europe and as executive vice president of Ford's international operations.
His career in the automobile industry started in 1963 at GM, where he held a variety of senior positions in Europe until 1970. 1970-1973 he served as executive vice president of sales at BMW in Munich. He holds a bachelor's degree in production science from University of California-Berkeley, where he graduated from in 1961. In 1962 he also obtained a master's degree in business administration. During 1954 to 1965 he served as a jet-attack aviator in the United States Marine Corps.
Lutz also maintains a weblog called Fastlane that is hosted at GM Blogs.
He has been very critical on foreign auto companies, especially Toyota and Honda.
He owns a MiG jet. Woo wooo!
