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Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (/ ˌ aɪ. ə ˈ k oʊ k ə / EYE-ə-KOH-kə; October 15, 1924 – July 2, 2019) was an American automobile executive best known for the development of the Ford Mustang, Continental Mark III, and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. [1]
Lee Iacocca, the charismatic U.S. auto industry executive who gave America the Ford Mustang and was celebrated for saving Chrysler from going out of business, has died at the age of 94, Fiat ...
In a recent interview, Lee Iacocca stated that Chrysler, the company that he famously led in the 1980s, should repay its government loans as fast as possible. Citing onerous oversight and ...
Chrysler Corporation CEO Lee Iacocca found Eaton and hired him to be his successor as CEO. This was a controversial decision because Bob Lutz had been Iacocca's expected successor. Iacocca later admitted that Lutz would have been the better choice as his successor. [2] Eaton was the chairman and CEO of Chrysler from 1993 until 1998.
Iacocca: An Autobiography is Lee Iacocca's best selling autobiography, co-authored with William Novak and originally published in 1984. Most of the book is taken up with reminiscences of Iacocca's career in the car industry, first with the Ford Motor Company, then the Chrysler Corporation.
Lee Iacocca’s outsized legacy in the automotive world ranges from the brash mixture of muscle and sports car that was the Ford Mustang to the stylistically boring but practical cars that rescued ...
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? is a book by Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of Chrysler, published in 2007.Iacocca discusses the characteristics of a good leader, citing these Cs: Curiosity, Character, Courage, Conviction, Charisma, Creative, Communicate, Competent, Common Sense and the one he regards as most important, Crisis.
- Iacocca quickly rose through the ranks and was made Ford president in 1964. Not long afterward, he switched to Ford's marketing and sales side. Factbox: 'I Am Chairman Of Chrysler Corporation ...