Jochen Zeitz has called time on his career as Harley-Davidson CEO after five years at the helm. German Zeitz, who joined Harley-Davidson as a board member in 2007, previously headed sporting brand Puma and was moved into the H-D top job in 2020 as a replacement for Matthew Levatich.

Harley-Davidson CEO Jochen Zeitz is retiring after five years with the Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer. Zeitz will stay on with Harley until the board of directors finds his replacement,

Harley-Davidson has announced that the company's CEO, Jochen Zeitz, will be stepping down from his role at the end of 2025. The company’s Board of Directors has confirmed that it has already started looking for a replacement CEO for the interim period.