Hermann Scholl was born on June 21, 1935 in Stuttgart.
He is married and has one daughter. After graduating from high school (Abitur) in 1954, he studied electronics and communications engineering at the University of Stuttgart, where he graduated in 1959. Two years later, in 1961, he gained his Doctorate in Engineering from the same university.

Career milestones in the Bosch Group

• 1962 - Department Advanced Engineering,
               Automotive Technology
  
  
• 1968 - Chief Engineer, Electronic Fuel Injection
  
  
• 1971 - Director of Engineering, Electrical and Electronic
               Engine Equipment
  
  
• 1973 - Associate Member of the Board of Management,
               Robert Bosch GmbH
  
  
• 1975 - Deputy Member of the Board of Management,
               Robert Bosch GmbH
  
  
• 1978 - Member of the Board of Management,
               Robert Bosch GmbH
  
  
• 1993 - Chairman of the Board of Management,
               Robert Bosch GmbH
  
  
• 2003 - Chairman of the Supervisory Council, 
              Robert Bosch GmbH, and Managing Partner 
              of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG
              (Holding Company) 

In 1988, Hermann Scholl was awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering by the Kettering University, Flint, Michigan/USA. In 1993 he received a second honorary doctorate in engineering from the Technical University of Munich. In 2005, the title of professor was conferred on him by the governor of the Federal German State of Baden-Wuerttemberg.