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Lee Iacocca
Chrysler Turnaround Icon (1924-2019) - USA
Key Work
- Joins Ford as a trainee engineer.
- Becomes sales manager.
- Introduces a revolutionary finance plan called the "56 for '56."
- Becomes president of Ford.
- Introduced the Ford Mustang and revitalized Ford Motors after the death of the first Henry Ford
- Fired by Henry Ford II, after an internal power struggle
- Becomes chairman and C.E.O. of Chrysler.
- Revitalize Chrysler and Writes out Chrysler's $813 million federal debt.
- Retires from Chrysler.
- Starts E.V. Global Motors.
Books and References:
- Iacocca, Lee, with William Novak. Iacocca An Autobiography. New York: Bantam Books, 1984.
- Wyden, Peter. The Unknown Iacocca. New York: Morrow, 1987.
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