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Ford Motor Company

American automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903, headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. It sells vehicles under the Ford brand and luxury cars under Lincoln.

Of the 1 person here linked to Ford Motor Company, 0 are founders and 0 are still there. 1 of them also appear at Chrysler. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

1 person at Ford Motor Company

Executive

Role

Engineer from August 1946, then sales and marketing; vice president 1960, executive vice president 1967, president 1970 until fired in July 1978, 1946–1978
Source · high confidence. Wikipedia's article body (opened 2026-10-18) dates the promotions: vice-president and general manager of the Ford Division on November 10, 1960; vice-president of the car and truck group in January 1965; executive vice-president in 1967; president on December 10, 1970 (its infobox lists president and CEO 1970-1978). This matches the profile's 1960, 1967 and 1970. The dates rest on Wikipedia alone; a second independent source could not be opened.
Past
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Lee Iacocca
Architect of the Ford Mustang; chairman and CEO who led Chrysler through its 1979-80 federally guaranteed turnaround
comfortable · some · graduate degree

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