Monisha Kaltenborn

Monisha Kaltenborn (born Monisha Narang,^[1] May 10, 1971^[2]) is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Sauber Formula One team. She is one of the most prominent women in world motorsport.

Biography

Kaltenborn was born in Dehradun, India. Her family emigrated to Vienna when she was a child, and she took Austrian citizenship. From 1990 to 1995 she studied for a Law degree at the University of Vienna, and then completed a masters' degree in International Business Law at the London School of Economics in 1996. Whilst still a student in Vienna, she worked for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the UN Commission for International Trade Law, and on completion of her studies she worked for various legal firms: first in Stuttgart with Gleiss Lutz; then back in Vienna with Wolf & Theis; and finally for the Fritz Kaiser Group in 1998-1999.

At this stage, Kaiser was a co-owner of the Sauber Formula One team (along with founder and team principal, Peter Sauber and Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz), and Kaltenborn was employed to take charge of the team's corporate and legal affairs. By 2000, Kaiser had sold his shares but Kaltenborn remained with the team as the head of its legal department. From 2001, she has been a member of its Management Board, and in early 2010, following the team's return to indepedent status following the withdrawal of former partner BMW, she was appointed CEO of Sauber Motorsport AG. She is also involved in the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's Commission for Women and Motorsport, under Michèle Mouton.

In her first job in Stuttgart, she met Jens Kaltenborn and married him in the Himalayas.^[3] They have two children and live close to the Sauber factory in Switzerland.

References

1. ^ Devadyuti Das (6 October 2011). "Breaking new ground in Formula One". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PDATOI/articleshow/10251717.cms. Retrieved 18 October 2011. 
2. ^ "Monisha Kaltenborn". Sauber F1 Team. http://www.sauberf1team.com/en/team/who_is_who/monisha_kaltenborn.cfm. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
3. ^ Meenaghan, Gary (27 October 2011). "Kaltenborn's rise to being the first lady of Formula One". TheNational. http://www.thenational.ae/sport/formula-one/kaltenborns-rise-to-being-the-first-lady-of-formula-one. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 

• "Monisha Kaltenborn". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. http://www.fia.com/public/wmc/kaltenborn.html. Retrieved 2011-10-10. 
• "Monisha Kaltenborn". sauberf1team.com. Sauber F1 Team. http://www.sauberf1team.com/en/team/who_is_who/monisha_kaltenborn.cfm. Retrieved 2011-10-10. 

External links

• Sauber team biography

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Name	Kaltenborn, Monisha
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Short description	Formula One executive
Date of birth	1971-05-10
Place of birth	Dehradun, India
Date of death
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