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Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln brand.
CEO and Chairman of Ford Motor Company No. Name Took office Left office Role 1 John S. Gray: 1903 1906 CEO 2 Henry Ford [2] 1906 1945 CEO 3 Henry Ford II [2] 1945 1979 CEO – Ernest R. Breech [2] 1955 1960 Chairman – Henry Ford II [3] 1960 March 13, 1980 Chairman 4 Philip Caldwell [4] [5] 1979 February 1, 1985 CEO – Philip Caldwell [3] [4 ...
After surpassing Ford as the world's second-largest automaker by 2005, Toyota surpassed Ford in 2007 as the second-largest U.S. automaker, a title Ford had held since 1931. [6] However, by 2010, because of Toyota's controversy surrounding their unintended acceleration recall, Toyota fell back to fourth place in U.S. sales in the 2010s, and ...
A post shared on Facebook claims Tesla CEO and owner of X, Elon Musk, has purportedly acquired Ford Motor Company. Verdict: False The claim is false and appears to originally stem from a Sept. 16 ...
The largest family-controlled company in the world, the Ford Motor Company has been in continuous family control for over 110 years. Ford now encompasses two brands: Ford and Lincoln. Ford once owned 5 other luxury brands: Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin, and Mercury. Over time, those brands were sold to other companies and Mercury was ...
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 ...
The up-and-coming Ford Motor Company was capitalized in 1903, and Henry Ford immediately attempted to secure a Selden license. He was denied, officially due to his past business failures (the Detroit Automobile Company and the Henry Ford Company , specifically), and also due to the protectionist climate of the ALAM.