Automakers

Henry II ends Iacocca's quest for the top spot at Ford Motor

DT
By:
Diana T. Kurylko
June 16, 2003 05:00 AM
Iacocca's journey

Milestones in the Ford life of Lee Iacocca

  • 1946: Joined Ford Motor, assigned to Chester, Pa., district sales office

  • 1957: Ford Division car marketing manager in Dearborn, Mich.

  • 1960: Ford Division general manager

  • 1964: Mustang introduced

  • 1965: Vice president, Ford Motor Car and Truck Group

  • 1967: Executive vice president, Ford North American Automotive Operations

  • 1970: President, Ford Motor Co.

  • 1978: Fired by Henry Ford II on July 13

  • Few firings in the automotive world have caused as big a ripple as the ousting of Lee Iacocca by Henry Ford II on July 13, 1978.

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