List of leaders of Ford Motor Company

• Executive Chairman William Clay Ford, Jr.: September 6, 2006 to present. (titled Executive Chairman since stepping down as CEO, has been Chairman since January 1,1999).
• Jim Hackett: May 22, 2017 to present (CEO)
• Mark Fields: July 1, 2014 to May 22, 2017 (CEO)
• Alan Mulally: September 5, 2006 to July 1, 2014 (CEO)
• William Clay Ford Jr.: October 30, 2001 ^[1] to September 5, 2006
• Jacques Nasser: January 1, 1999^[2] - 2001 (CEO)
• Alex Trotman: November 1993 - December 31, 1998
• Harold Arthur Poling: 1990 - 1993
• Donald Petersen: 1985 - 1990
• Philip Caldwell: 1979 - 1985 ^[3](CEO,also Chairman from 1980)
• Henry Ford II 1960 to 1980 (Chairman)
• Ernest R. Breech 1955 to 1960 ^[4](Chairman)
• Henry Ford II 1945 to 1979 ^[5] (CEO)
• Henry Ford I 1906 to 1945 ^[6]
• John S. Gray 1903 to 1906

• Chairman and CEO are single position unless noted (CEOs who were not Chairman were generally President at the time)

John S Gray was the first CEO

President

President of Ford Motor Company:

• Jim Padilla 2005-2006
• Nick Scheele 2001-2005
• Philip Benton 1990-92
• Harold Arthur Poling 1985-88
• Donald Petersen 1980-85
• Philip Caldwell 1978-80
• Lee Iacocca 1970-78
• Lee Iacocca Automotive North America, 1969–70
• Robert Stevenson, Automotive International, 1969–70
• Robert Hampson, Non-Automotive, 1969–70
• Semon Emil "Bunkie" Knudsen 1968-69
• Arjay Miller 1963-68
• John Dykstra 1961-63
• Robert S. McNamara 1960 to 1961
• Henry Ford II 1945 to 1960
• Henry Ford I 1943 to 1945
• Edsel Ford 1919 to 1943
• Henry Ford I Oct 22, 1906 to 1919
• John S. Gray June 17, 1903 to Oct 22, 1906

References

1. ^ Ford replaces Nasser as Ford CEO - CNN (October 30, 2001)
2. ^ National Press Club event - Jacques Nasser, NPR (July 27, 2000)
3. ^ Have you driven a Ford Lately? Thanks to Donald Peterson you may want to - Washington Monthly (October 1986)
4. ^ Ford Motor Company chronology