A Year of Gains and Challenges
September 11, 2007 – 2:00 amInterview With Alan Mulally, Ford’s Chief Executive Officer
By JAY PALMER and RICHARD RESCIGNO
ALAN MULALLY KNOWS A THING OR TWO about industrial crises. In 1969, after having graduated from the University of Kansas with an engineering degree, he began his career with Boeing. Three decades and an MBA from MIT later, he was a top executive when Boeing was toppled from its position as the world’s No. 1 commercial-plane producer and had to restructure to handle the challenge from its ascendant rival, Airbus. As president of Boeing’s commercial-plane division, he is largely credited with leading the company’s successful rebirth and resurgence. That helped prepare him for the even bigger challenge he faces now.
A year ago, Mulally, now 62, was named CEO of Ford. At that time, Barron’s published an open letter to him (”Welcome to Ford; Now Save Us, Please,” Sept. 11, 2006), laying out what we thought he needed to […]
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