CEO Today Global Awards

CEO Today Global Awards 2020 GERMANY 47 www.ceotodaymagazine.com Linde is a leading industrial gases and engineering company with 2018 pro forma sales of USD 28 billion (EUR 24 billion). The company employs approximately 80,000 people globally and serves customers in more than 100 countries worldwide. Linde delivers innovative and sustainable solutions to its customers and creates long-term value for all stakeholders. The company is making our world more productive by providing products, technologies and services that help customers improve their economic and environmental performance in a connected world. In October 2018, Praxair and Linde AG came together to create Linde plc. We’re working towards a single vision at Linde: to be the best performing global industrial gases and engineering company, delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers and creating value for all our stakeholders. Our vision is To be the best performing global industrial gases and engineering company, where our people deliver innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers in a connected world. Linde stands for almost 140 years of technological progress. Technology, innovation and an inventive spirit have characterized our company from the very beginning. The Linde Group is a world leading supplier of industrial, process and speciality gases and is one of the most profitable engineering companies. Linde products and services can be found in nearly every industry, in more than 100 countries. A success story that began with the separation of air. The Linde Group is a world leader in the international gases market. The company offers a wide range of compressed and liquefied gases as well as chemicals, and is the partner of choice across a huge variety of industries. STEVE ANGEL CEO of Linde www.linde.com About Steve Angel Steve Angel became Chief Executive Officer of Linde plc and a member of the company’s Board of Directors in October 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Angel was Chairman, President and CEO of Praxair, Inc. since 2007. Angel joined Praxair in 2001 as an executive vice president and was named president and chief operating officer in February 2006. Prior to joining Praxair, Angel spent 22 years in a variety of management positions with General Electric. Angel serves on the board of directors of PPG Industries and the U.S.-China Business Council and is a member of The Business Council.