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Ford Motors
COMPANY
Automobile manufacturer, founded 16-Jun-1903 by Henry Ford. The company's other auto brands include Lincoln and Mercury, and Ford also maintains a minority interest in automakers Aston Martin and Mazda. Other subsidiaries include The Hertz Corporation, Ford Motor Credit Company, and Motorcraft auto parts. In 2008, Ford sold the Jaguar and Land Rover nameplates to Tata Group. Acquired Volvo in 1999, and sold it to Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in 2010.
Official Website:
http://www.ford.com/
Industry:
Automobile
Ticker:
NYSE:F
Corporate headquarters:
Dearborn, MI
Sales:
$164B (2003)
Employees:
327000 (2003)
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| William P. Benton |
Business |
4-Nov-1923 |
19-Feb-2009 |
Former VP at Ford |
| Gina Boswell |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Senior Alberto-Culver executive |
| Deborah S. Coleman |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
International Business Solutions |
| James J. Couzens |
Politician |
26-Aug-1872 |
22-Oct-1936 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1922-36 |
| John M. Devine |
Business |
13-May-1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of GM, 2001-06 |
| Mark Fields |
Business |
24-Jan-1961 |
|
CEO of Ford Motor |
| William H. Fike |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Vice Chairman, Magna International, 1994-99 |
| Edsel Ford |
Business |
6-Nov-1893 |
26-May-1943 |
President of Ford, 1919-43 |
| Edsel B. Ford II |
Business |
27-Dec-1948 |
|
VP, Ford Motors |
| Henry Ford II |
Business |
4-Sep-1917 |
29-Sep-1987 |
Former President, CEO of Ford |
| Henry Ford |
Business |
30-Jul-1863 |
7-Apr-1947 |
Founder of Ford Motors |
| William Clay Ford, Jr. |
Business |
3-May-1957 |
|
CEO of Ford, 2001-06 |
| William Clay Ford, Sr. |
Business |
14-Mar-1925 |
9-Mar-2014 |
Ford exec and owner of the Detroit Lions |
| Allan D. Gilmour |
Business |
1934 |
|
Twice Vice Chairman of Ford |
| Louise K. Goeser |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Ford Mexico |
| Ronald E. Goldsberry |
Business |
12-Sep-1942 |
|
Former VP, Ford |
| Edward E. Hagenlocker |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Vice Chairman of Ford, 1996-99 |
| Michael N. Hammes |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Sunrise Medical |
| Steven K. Hamp |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
President, The Henry Ford, 1996-2005 |
| Earl J. Hesterberg |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Group 1 Automotive |
| Lee Iacocca |
Business |
15-Oct-1924 |
|
Former chairman, Chrysler Corporation |
| Louis E. Lataif |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Management Dean, Boston University |
| Kathleen Ligocki |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of Tower Automotive, 2003-07 |
| Frank E. Macher |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Former CEO of Collins & Aikman, Federal Mogul |
| David N. McCammon |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
VP and Treasurer of Ford, 1987-97 |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
6-Jul-2009 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Robert S. Miller |
Business |
4-Nov-1941 |
|
CEO of Delphi, 2005-07 |
| Judith A. Muhlberg |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Public relations consultant, Gagen MacDonald |
| Alan Mulally |
Business |
4-Aug-1945 |
|
CEO of Ford Motor Company, 2006-14 |
| Antonio M. Neto |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
President, Ford South America Operations |
| William Niskanen |
Administrator |
13-Mar-1933 |
26-Oct-2011 |
Chairman of the Cato Institute |
| Carl E. Reichardt |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1983-94 |
| Robert L. Rewey |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Former VP Marketing at Ford |
| Kenneth L. Rose |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Henkels & McCoy |
| Marvin Runyon |
Government |
16-Sep-1924 |
3-May-2004 |
US Postmaster General, 1992-98 |
| Mark A. Schulz |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Former Ford International EVP |
| Greg C. Smith |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Vice Chairman of Ford, 2005-06 |
| Anne Stevens |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Carpenter Technology |
| Henry D. G. Wallace |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CFO of Ford Motor, 2000-01 |
| Kenneth Whipple |
Business |
1934 |
|
Retired Ford Motor executive |
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Stephen G. Butler |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of KPMG, 1996-2002 |
| Kimberly A. Casiano |
Business |
21-Dec-1957 |
|
President of Casiano Communications, 1994-2009 |
| Anthony F. Earley, Jr. |
Business |
29-Jul-1949 |
|
CEO of DTE Energy |
| Mark Fields |
Business |
24-Jan-1961 |
|
CEO of Ford Motor |
| Edsel B. Ford II |
Business |
27-Dec-1948 |
|
VP, Ford Motors |
| William Clay Ford, Jr. |
Business |
3-May-1957 |
|
CEO of Ford, 2001-06 |
| Dick Gephardt |
Politician |
31-Jan-1941 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005 |
| James P. Hackett |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Steelcase |
| James H. Hance, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CFO, Bank of America, 1988-2004 |
| William W. Helman IV |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Greylock Partners |
| Jon Huntsman, Jr. |
Politician |
26-Mar-1960 |
|
US Ambassador to China, 2009-11 |
| John C. Lechleiter |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Eli Lilly |
| Ellen R. Marram |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of Tropicana, 1997-98 |
| Homer A. Neal |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1942 |
|
Director of the ATLAS Project |
| Gerald L. Shaheen |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Group President, Caterpillar Inc. |
| John L. Thornton |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
President of Goldman Sachs, 1999-2003 |
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John R. H. Bond |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Chairman, HSBC Holdings, 1998-2004 |
| John Connally |
Politician |
27-Feb-1917 |
15-Jun-1993 |
Governor of Texas, 1963-69 |
| Henry Ford II |
Business |
4-Sep-1917 |
29-Sep-1987 |
Former President, CEO of Ford |
| William Clay Ford, Sr. |
Business |
14-Mar-1925 |
9-Mar-2014 |
Ford exec and owner of the Detroit Lions |
| Allan D. Gilmour |
Business |
1934 |
|
Twice Vice Chairman of Ford |
| Roberto C. Goizueta |
Business |
18-Nov-1931 |
18-Oct-1997 |
CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97 |
| Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. |
Business |
12-Aug-1936 |
|
CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001 |
| Marie-Josée Kravis |
Economist |
11-Sep-1949 |
|
President of MoMA |
| Drew Lewis |
Government |
3-Nov-1931 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83 |
| Richard A. Manoogian |
Business |
1936 |
|
CEO of Masco, 1985-2007 |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
6-Jul-2009 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Alan Mulally |
Business |
4-Aug-1945 |
|
CEO of Ford Motor Company, 2006-14 |
| Jorma Ollila |
Business |
15-Aug-1950 |
|
CEO of Nokia, 1992-2006 |
| Ken Olsen |
Business |
20-Feb-1925 |
6-Feb-2011 |
Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation |
| Carl E. Reichardt |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1983-94 |
| John L. Weinberg |
Business |
25-Jan-1925 |
7-Aug-2006 |
Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90 |
| Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. |
Business |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92 |
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jerald F. ter Horst |
Government |
11-Jul-1922 |
31-Mar-2010 |
Gerald Ford's short-term press secretary |
EMPLOYMENT
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| José Maria Alapont |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of Federal-Mogul |
| Paul M. Anderson |
Business |
1945 |
|
CEO of Duke Energy, 2003-07 |
| Wayne A. Budd |
Attorney |
18-Nov-1941 |
|
Partner, Goodwin Procter |
| Dennis E. Clements |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Group VP at Toyota, 2000-05 |
| Gary L. Convis |
Business |
22-Sep-1942 |
|
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky |
| James C. Cotting |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
CEO of Navistar International, 1987-95 |
| Erroll B. Davis, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Chancellor, University System of Georgia |
| John Demjanjuk |
Criminal |
3-Apr-1920 |
17-Mar-2012 |
Retired auto worker convicted for Nazi past |
| Thomas G. Denomme |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Vice Chairman of Chrysler, 1994-97 |
| Cyrus F. Freidheim |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
CEO of Sun Times Media Group, 2006-09 |
| Linda A. Goodspeed |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Former EVP, Lennox International |
| Gerald Greenwald |
Business |
11-Sep-1935 |
|
CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99 |
| Chuck Hansen |
Activist |
13-May-1947 |
26-Mar-2003 |
Nuclear historian and archivist |
| William H. Hernandez |
Business |
1948 |
|
CFO of PPG Industries |
| Jeffrey R. Immelt |
Business |
19-Feb-1956 |
|
CEO of General Electric |
| Raymond M. Kethledge |
Judge |
11-Dec-1966 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Eddie Long |
Religion |
12-May-1953 |
|
Georgia Baptist minister |
| Matthew E. Massengill |
Business |
12-Apr-1961 |
|
CEO of Western Digital, 2000-05 |
| Charles G. McClure |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of ArvinMeritor |
| Richard T. McCormack |
Diplomat |
6-Mar-1941 |
|
US Ambassador to the OAS, 1985-89 |
| Woodrow A. Myers, Jr. |
Doctor |
14-Feb-1954 |
|
EVP at Wellpoint, 2000-05 |
| Grace Napolitano |
Politician |
4-Dec-1936 |
|
Congresswoman, California 38th |
| Anne Northup |
Politician |
22-Jan-1948 |
|
Congresswoman from Kentucky, 1997-2007 |
| Jerry K. Pearlman |
Business |
27-Mar-1939 |
|
CEO of Zenith Electronics, 1983-95 |
| Gilbert Plass |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1922 |
1-Mar-2004 |
Climate change scientist |
| Nick Rose |
Business |
Oct-1957 |
|
CFO of Diageo |
| Wayne R. Sanders |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Kimberly-Clark, 1991-2002 |
| Gregg M. Sherrill |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Tenneco |
| Bruce A. Smith |
Business |
12-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Tesoro |
| Thomas T. Stallkamp |
Business |
6-Sep-1946 |
|
CEO of MSX International, 2000-03 |
| Larry D. Thompson |
Attorney |
15-Nov-1945 |
|
General Counsel of Pepsi |
| Charlie Wilson |
Politician |
18-Jan-1943 |
14-Apr-2013 |
Congressman from Ohio, 2007-11 |
| Frederick C. Yeager |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Senior VP Finance, Time Warner |
| Kenneth F. Yontz |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Sybron, 1986-2000 |
| Sam H. Zakhem |
Diplomat |
25-Nov-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1986-89 |
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Vern Buchanan |
Politician |
8-May-1951 |
|
Congressman, Florida 16th |
| W. Edwards Deming |
Mathematician |
14-Oct-1900 |
20-Dec-1993 |
Quality Control guru |
| C. Robert Kidder |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Borden Chemical, 1995-2002 |
| James M. Moran |
Business |
8-Aug-1918 |
24-Apr-2007 |
JM Family Enterprises |
| Brendan O'Neill |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Imperial Chemical Industries, 1999-2003 |
| Jackie Stewart |
Auto Racing |
11-Jun-1939 |
|
Three time Formula-1 world champion |
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