Ford page 3

Ford page 3 by ric gustafson


At the end of the 1990's, William Clay Ford Jr known as Bill Ford Jr became chairman of Ford. His father, William Clay Ford Sr was the youngest of Edsel Ford's four children. His mother was Martha Firestone who was the granddaughter of Harvey Firestone. Harvey Firestone founded Firestone Tire and Rubber.
Bill Ford Jr was born in Detroit in 1957. His father was a member of Ford's board of directors and was a vice president of the company's Continental Division. Ford's father William Clay Sr bought the Detroit Lions in 1963. Ford Jr enjoyed the outdoors like his great grandfather. In southeast Michigan, the Ford family was regarded as royalty. After high school, Ford Jr got a green Ford Mustang and then sent to Princeton. In 1979, he graduated from Princeton and began to work for his great grandfather's company. In 1987, he was promoted to head of Ford in Switzerland. In 1988, he was elected to Ford's board of directors. On January 1 1999, Bill Ford Jr became CEO of Ford.

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