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Martha Firestone Ford (née Martha Parke Firestone; born September 16, 1925) is an American businesswoman and former principal owner and chairperson of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). [1] Ford is also on the board of the Henry Ford Health System. [2]
Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897–1990) was the mother of Martha Firestone, who wed William Clay Ford Sr., grandson of Henry Ford. [2] She is the daughter of Guy James Parke and Gertrude Chambers, and daughter-in-law of Harvey Firestone .
The Ford family are also members of the Episcopal Church. [ 1 ] Although the Ford family's ownership stake in the automaker had declined to less than 50% of the company's equity as of 2010 [update] , the family retained operational control through a special class of stock that was established early in the company's history and retained when the ...
Ford had overseen the Lions franchise since the death of her husband prior to the 2014 season. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
Bill Ford, executive chairman, Ford Motor Co., with his wife Lisa and their sons Will and Nick and Ciarán McMahon, chairman and managing director, Henry Ford & Son Ltd., on the replica of the ...
He was also president of the Firestone Foundation. Firestone married Elizabeth Parke Firestone in 1921. They had four children: Elizabeth, Anne, Martha, and Harvey Samuel III. Martha married William Clay Ford Sr. and was, as of his death in 2014, the owner of the Detroit Lions. Harvey III died in Havana in 1960. [3] Harvey Jr. died on June 1, 1973
May everyone have a happy holiday and a boss as forgiving as Martha Firestone Ford is with Quinn and Patricia.
In 2005 Firestone paid Ford $240 million to settle claims related to the recall. [63] Ford and Firestone worked to settle cases out of court to avoid punitive damages and were paying between $4 million and $8 million to settle cases involving fatalities and between $12 million to $16 million to settle cases of paralysis. [64]