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Charles Bosworth, retired as director of purchasing. J. Edward Lundy, retired as chief financial officer — he remained at Ford until 1979. He was known as one of the most powerful people in the company, and as a confidant of Henry Ford II. Robert S. McNamara, who eventually became the president of Ford
The Premier Automotive Group (PAG) was an organizational division within the Ford Motor Company formed in 1999 to oversee the business operations of Ford's high-end automotive marques. The PAG was gradually dismantled from 2006 to 2011 with the divestiture of its constituent brands.
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.
In this role, he developed the "Way Forward" plan, which was designed to make Ford's North American operations leaner and more centrally driven in areas such as product development, purchasing and engineering. Under Fields, in 2012 Ford reported record-high North American profits of $8.3 billion [12] on a record 12% profit margin. [13]
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 ...
The following is a list of current, former, and confirmed future facilities of Ford Motor Company for manufacturing automobiles and other components. Per regulations, the factory is encoded into each vehicle's VIN as character 11 for North American models, and character 8 for European models.
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The firm also issues commercial paper and other debt instruments on Ford's behalf. Ford Credit also owns Lincoln Automotive Financial Services, the arm that finances Lincoln vehicles. Ford earned $2.63 billion EBIT with its Ford Credit segment in 2018, up from $2.31 billion in 2017. 2018 was the segment's highest full-year EBT in eight years.