Uwe Raschke was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on March 19, 1958. He is married, and has three children. After graduating from high school (Abitur) in 1976 and completing his military service, he studied business administration at the University of Mannheim, majoring in marketing and human resource management. He took his diploma examination in business in 1983.

Career stages in the Bosch Group

• 1984 - Joins Robert Bosch GmbH as a trainee in sales
  
  
• 1985 - Diverse posts in sales and marketing of the Power Tools division, in the end as Vice President Sales Germany
  
  
• 1995 - Managing Director of Robert Bosch Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. Responsible for the aftermarket business in ASEAN
  
  
• 1998 - Senior Vice President Global Sales, Power Tools Division, Leinfelden-Echterdingen (Germany)
  
  
• 1999 - Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, Power Tools Division, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
  
  
• 2003 - President, Power Tools Division, with responsibility for sales, marketing, and engineering, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
  
  
• 2008 - Member of the Board of Management, Robert Bosch GmbH