William Clay Ford junior, (* 3. May 1957 in Detroit, Michigan), also Bill mentioned, is a chairman and general manager Ford engine company.

Family

It was born in Detroit, Michigan, as a great-grandchild of Henry Ford. Its father was William Clay Ford, Senior, and its nut/mother was Martha of parks Firestone, the granddaughter of Harvey Firestone. It is married with Lisa Ford geb. Vanderzee with which it four children has.

Early career

It graduated to the Princeton University 1979 and received to 1984 a MBA in the management from the WITH Sloan School OF management. It began with Ford engine company in the year 1979 and went through a multiplicity of positions, beginning in the financial area the compulsory subject for future leading it several years in the middle management of the Produktentwicklung.Er, spent employee afterwards, led likewise the climatic control department after Ford firm parts as subsidiary company Visteon had and so the function was no longer taken off. At time of the so-called Ford 2000 reorganization it was responsible for the range heavy trucks.

Management

Bill Ford gave its leading position up in the heavy truck product management, in order to become chairman of the financial committee, a not leading management position, for some years before it chairmen of the company became. It was also a time long chairmen of the executive committee without general manager Titel, a time long before Jacques of wet was displaced. This reflected important differences in the opinions of company values. Admits for it priority was wetter on money and power to set, while Bill Ford stands for esteeming humans and the traditions.

Social commitment

Bill Ford made itself a name as it only chairman and not a general manager was. On 1 February 1999 as in Ford the Rouge power station an explosion took place some Ford coworkers killed, rejected Bill Ford the pieces of advice of its advisors and hurried to the misfortune place of the so-called Ford World Headquarter of the companies center out. One its coworker gave to consider, "generals goes not to the front" to Bill Ford answered: "Then fires me and I go as a Privatmann". After its Visite it gave a feeling-stressed report over the misfortune too on the road to waiting television team.

2004 and 2005 quit Ford to parts its success-dependent Aktienbonuses for education donations to favour from coworkers and the charity to to donate.

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