List of leaders of Ford Motor Company
CEOs and Chairmen
The position of CEO and Chairman have been assumed as a single position, unless noted (CEOs who were not Chairman were generally President at the time). Since 2006, the role of President has been absorbed into the role of Executive Chairman.[1]
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][5] | March 13, 1980 | February 1, 1985 | Chairman |
5 | Donald Petersen[5][6] | February 1, 1985 | March 1, 1990 | CEO and Chairman |
6 | Harold Arthur Poling[6] | March 1, 1990 | 1993 | CEO and Chairman |
7 | Alexander Trotman | November 1993 | December 31, 1998 | CEO and Chairman |
8 | Jacques Nasser[7] | January 1, 1999 | 2001 | CEO |
– | William Clay Ford Jr. | January 1, 1999 | September 5, 2006 | Chairman |
9 | William Clay Ford Jr.[8] | October 30, 2001 | September 5, 2006 | CEO |
– | William Clay Ford Jr.[8] | September 5, 2006 | Present | Executive Chairman |
10 | Alan Mulally | September 5, 2006 | July 1, 2014 | CEO |
11 | Mark Fields | July 1, 2014 | May 22, 2017 | CEO |
12 | James Hackett | May 22, 2017 | September 30, 2020 | CEO |
13 | Jim Farley[9] | October 1, 2020 | Present | CEO |
Presidents
The President of Ford Motor Company was a role at the company from 1903 to 2006, with three noted vacancies after Semon Knudsen was fired in 1969, after two vice-chairmen were appointed in 1987, and Philip Benton Jr's retirement on January 1, 1993.[10][11][12] The title of President has not been assumed since the retirement of Jim Padilla in 2006 and the shifting of the role's responsibilities to Chief Executive Chairman, William Clay Ford, Jr.[1]
No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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1 | John S. Gray[13] | June 17, 1903 | October 22, 1906 | |
2 | Henry Ford[13] | October 22, 1906 | January 1, 1919 | |
3 | Edsel Ford[13] | January 1, 1919 | May 26, 1943 | |
4 | Henry Ford[13] | May 26, 1943 | September 21, 1945 | |
5 | Henry Ford II[13] | September 21, 1945 | November 9, 1960 | |
6 | Robert McNamara[13] | November 9, 1960 | January 1, 1961 | The first non-Ford family member to be president. Left to become Secretary of Defense after just two months. |
7 | John Dykstra[13] | January 1, 1961 | May 1, 1963 | |
8 | Arjay Miller[13] | May 1, 1963 | February 6, 1968 | |
9 | Semon Knudsen[13][14] | February 6, 1968 | September 1969 | |
Office vacant September 1969 – December 10, 1970 | ||||
– | Robert Hampson[10] | 1969 | 1970 | President of Non-Automotive |
– | Robert Stevenson[10] | 1969 | 1970 | President of Automotive International |
– | Lee Iacocca[10] | 1969 | 1970 | President of Automotive North America |
10 | Lee Iacocca[10][13][15][14] | December 10, 1970 | July 13, 1978 | |
11 | Philip Caldwell[3][16] | October 16, 1978 | March 13, 1980 | |
12 | Donald Petersen[3][13] | March 13, 1980 | February 1, 1985 | |
13 | Harold Arthur Poling[5][13][11] | February 1, 1985 | October 13, 1987 | |
Office vacant October 13, 1987 – 1990 | ||||
14 | Philip Benton[12] | 1990 | January 1, 1993 | |
Office vacant January 1, 1993 – 1999 | ||||
15 | Jacques Nasser[2] | 1999 | 2001 | |
16 | William Clay Ford, Jr.[2][13] | 2001 | 2001 | |
17 | Nick Schelle[17] | October 2001 | 2004 | President and COO |
17 | Nick Schelle | April 2004 | February 2005 | President |
18 | Jim Padilla[1] | February 2005 | 2006 | President and COO |
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