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Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (/ ˌ aɪ. ə ˈ k oʊ k ə / EYE-ə-KOH-kə; October 15, 1924 – July 2, 2019) was an American automobile executive who developed the Ford Mustang, Continental Mark III, and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then revived the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. [1]
Lee Iacocca, the charismatic U.S. auto industry executive who gave America the Ford Mustang and was celebrated for saving Chrysler from going out of business, has died at the age of 94, Fiat ...
Chrysler Corporation CEO Lee Iacocca found Eaton and hired him to be his successor as CEO. This was a controversial decision because Bob Lutz had been Iacocca's expected successor. Iacocca later admitted that Lutz would have been the better choice as his successor. [2] Eaton was the chairman and CEO of Chrysler from 1993 until 1998.
New CEO Lee Iacocca was credited with returning the company to profitability in the 1980s. In 1985, Diamond-Star Motors was created, further expanding the Chrysler-Mitsubishi relationship. In 1987, Chrysler acquired American Motors Corporation (AMC), which brought the profitable Jeep , as well as the newly formed Eagle , brands under the ...
Lee Iacocca’s outsized legacy in the automotive world ranges from the brash mixture of muscle and sports car that was the Ford Mustang to the stylistically boring but practical cars that rescued ...
In a recent interview, Lee Iacocca stated that Chrysler, the company that he famously led in the 1980s, should repay its government loans as fast as possible. Citing onerous oversight and ...
Before creating the K platform, Chrysler was building vehicles on a small number of common platforms (e.g. F/L/J/M and R), but the different models shared few parts. [1] In announcing his decision to develop the K platform, Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca said the company's huge number of parts in inventory and the complexity of building many ...
- Iacocca quickly rose through the ranks and was made Ford president in 1964. Not long afterward, he switched to Ford's marketing and sales side. Factbox: 'I Am Chairman Of Chrysler Corporation ...