Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca
	Iacocca in 1972
Born	Lido Anthony Iacocca; October 15, 1924; Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	July 2, 2019 (aged 94); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Lehigh University (BS); Princeton University (MS);
Occupations	President and CEO of the Ford Motor Company (1970-1978); Chairman, president, and CEO of the Chrysler Corporation (1978-1992); Acting chairman of Koo Koo Roo (1998);
Years active	1946–1992
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Mary McCleary (m. 1956; died 1983); Peggy Johnson (m. 1986; ann. 1987); Darrien Earle (m. 1991; div. 1994);
Children	2
	Writing career
Genre	Autobiography; memoir; non-fiction;
Subject	American economy; American politics; leadership; management;
Notable works	Iacocca: An Autobiography

Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (/ˌaɪ.əˈkoʊkə/ EYE-ə-KOH-kə; October 15, 1924 – July 2, 2019) was an American author and executive who developed the Ford Mustang, Continental Mark III, and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then revived the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s.^[1] He was president of Chrysler from 1978 to 1991 and chairman and CEO from 1979 until his retirement at the end of 1992. He was one of the few executives to preside over the operations of two of the United States' Big Three automakers.^[2]

Iacocca authored or co-authored several books, including Iacocca: An Autobiography (with William Novak), and Where Have All the Leaders Gone?.

^ Hakim, Danny (July 19, 2005). "Iacocca, Away From the Grind, Still Has a Lot to Say". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
^ McFadden, Robert D. (July 2, 2019). "Lee Iacocca, Visionary Automaker Who Led Both Ford and Chrysler, Is Dead at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 3, 2019.

[NYT-2005-07-19-1] Hakim, Danny (July 19, 2005). "Iacocca, Away From the Grind, Still Has a Lot to Say". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2008.

[:0-2] McFadden, Robert D. (July 2, 2019). "Lee Iacocca, Visionary Automaker Who Led Both Ford and Chrysler, Is Dead at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 3, 2019.

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