Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca 1993

Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (born October 15, 1924 in Allentown , Pennsylvania , † July 2, 2019 in Bel Air , Los Angeles ) was an American executive in the automotive industry and author of several books.

biography

Born the son of Italian immigrants, Iacocca began his career as an intern at Ford in August 1946 after studying engineering . By 1964 he was promoted to general manager of the Ford Division, a part of the Ford Motor Company.

Iacocca played a key role in the development of the Mustang , which rolled off the assembly line on March 9, 1964 and gave its name to the era of pony cars , coupés with high engine power on a compact car platform. In 1965 he became Vice President of Ford Car and Truck Production. From 1970 to 1978 Iacocca was finally President of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit . Henry Ford II fired him, despite his success and a profit of two billion dollars in the fiscal year, due to personal differences on July 13, 1978, whereupon Iacocca moved to the top management of the Chrysler Corporation , which was then experiencing great economic difficulties. On November 2, 1978, he began restructuring the then ailing automobile manufacturer.

In 1980 he developed the K-Car (compact car) modular system , which was used by Dodge in the Aries and Plymouth in the Reliant , among others . He had already proposed a modular system of this type to Ford, but it was rejected there.

In 1993, the Chrysler board of directors finally forced a generation change and sent Iacocca into retirement. Iacocca then devoted himself primarily to his foundation for diabetics and occasionally appeared in commercials - including for Chrysler. Iacocca died on July 2, 2019 at the age of 94 of complications from Parkinson's disease .

In the 2019 film Le Mans 66 - Against Every Chance , Iacocca is played by Jon Bernthal .

Fonts

with William Novak: An American Career. Bertelsmann, 1985, ISBN 978-3-548-34388-4 - his autobiography, a bestseller in the USA and also in Germany
My American dream - Talking Straight. Bastei-Lübbe, 1988, ISBN 3-404-61175-6
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? (English), Scribner, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-3249-1

Web links

Commons : Lee Iacocca - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Wikiquote: Lee Iacocca - Quotes

Literature by and about Lee Iacocca in the catalog of the German National Library
Lee Iacocca: Kick the bums out. In: Der Tagesspiegel . May 20, 2007 (Commentary on the GW Bush Administration ).; accessed on July 3, 2019

Individual evidence

↑ Lee Iacocca created this classic car . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on July 3, 2019]).
^ Anne Seith: Manager icon Iacocca: Comeback of the auto pope. In: Spiegel Online . July 20, 2005, accessed October 18, 2016 .
↑ Former Chrysler boss: Lee Iacocca, father of the Ford Mustang, is dead. In: Spiegel Online. July 3, 2019, accessed July 3, 2019 . Rob McLean: Lee Iacocca, who helped create the Ford Mustang and then rescued Chrysler in the 1980s, has died. In: CNN . July 3, 2019, accessed on July 3, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Iacocca, Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Iacocca, Lido Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	October 15, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Allentown , USA
DATE OF DEATH	2nd July 2019
Place of death	Bel Air , Los Angeles

[1] Lee Iacocca created this classic car . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on July 3, 2019]).

[SpOn-2] Anne Seith: Manager icon Iacocca: Comeback of the auto pope. In: Spiegel Online . July 20, 2005, accessed October 18, 2016 .

[3] Former Chrysler boss: Lee Iacocca, father of the Ford Mustang, is dead. In: Spiegel Online. July 3, 2019, accessed July 3, 2019 . Rob McLean: Lee Iacocca, who helped create the Ford Mustang and then rescued Chrysler in the 1980s, has died. In: CNN . July 3, 2019, accessed on July 3, 2019 .