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). From April to September 2006, the role of President was absorbed into the role of Executive Chairman.
+ CEO and Chairman of Ford Motor Company Name Took office Left office Tenure Role 1 John S. Gray 1903 1906 CEO 2 Henry Ford 1906 1945 CEO 3 Henry Ford II 1945 1955 CEO – Ernest R. Breech 1955 1960 Chairman – Henry Ford II 1960 March 13, 1980 Chairman 4 Philip Caldwell 1979 February 1, 1985 CEO – Philip Caldwell March 13, 1980 February 1, 1985 Chairman 5 Donald Petersen February 1, 1985 March 1, 1990 CEO and Chairman 6 Harold Arthur Poling March 1, 1990 1993 CEO and Chairman 7 Alexander Trotman November 1993 December 31, 1998 CEO and Chairman 8 Jacques Nasser January 1, 1999 2001 CEO – William Clay Ford Jr. January 1, 1999 September 5, 2006 Chairman 9 William Clay Ford Jr. October 30, 2001 September 5, 2006 CEO – William Clay Ford Jr. 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 October 1, 2020 Present CEO
Presidents The President of Ford Motor Company has been a key officer since 1903, with four noted vacancies after Semon Knudsen was fired in 1969, after two vice-chairmen were appointed in 1987, Philip Benton Jr's retirement on January 1, 1993, and Jim Padilla's retirement in April 2006.
+ President of Ford Motor Company Name Took office Left office Notes 1 John S. Gray June 17, 1903 July 6, 1906 Died in office colspan=5 2 Henry Ford October 22, 1906 January 1, 1919 3 Edsel Ford January 1, 1919 May 26, 1943 Died in office 4 Henry Ford May 26, 1943 September 21, 1945 5 Henry Ford II September 21, 1945 November 9, 1960 6 Robert McNamara November 9, 1960 January 1, 1961 The first non-Ford family member to be president since John S. Gray. Left to become Secretary of Defense after just two months. 7 John Dykstra January 1, 1961 May 1, 1963 8 Arjay Miller May 1, 1963 February 6, 1968 9 Semon Knudsen February 6, 1968 September 1969 colspan=5 – Robert Hampson 1969 1970 President of Non-Automotive – Robert Stevenson 1969 1970 President of Automotive International – Lee Iacocca 1969 1970 President of Automotive North America 10 Lee Iacocca December 10, 1970 July 13, 1978 11 Philip Caldwell October 16, 1978 March 13, 1980 12 Donald Petersen March 13, 1980 February 1, 1985 13 Harold Arthur Poling February 1, 1985 October 13, 1987 colspan=5 — John E. Hardiman 1989 1994 President of Germany, Italy, and Portugal 14 Philip Benton 1990 January 1, 1993 colspan=5 15 Jacques Nasser 1999 2001 16 William Clay Ford Jr. 2001 2001 17 Nick Scheele October 2001 2004 President and COO 17 Nick Scheele April 2004 February 2005 President 18 Jim Padilla February 2005 April 2006 President and COO Colspan=5 19 Alan MulallyFord Newsroom, "ALAN MULALLY Retired President and Chief Executive Officer" September 2006 June 2014 President and CEO 20 Mark Fields July 1, 2014 May 2017 President and CEO 21 Jim Hackett May 2017 October 2020 President and CEO 22 James D. Farley Jr.Ford Newsroom, "JAMES D. FARLEY, JR. President and Chief Executive Officer" October 2020 present President and CEO
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