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Lee Iacocca

1924 - 2019

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Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca ( EYE-ə-KOH-kə; October 15, 1924 – July 2, 2019) was an American automobile 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. 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. Iacocca authored or co-authored several books, including Iacocca: An Autobiography (with William Novak), and Where Have All the Leaders Gone?. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Iacocca is the 200th most popular businessperson (down from 149th in 2019), the 2,377th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,692nd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Lee Iacocca ranks 200 out of 847. Before him are Hetty Green, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Ben Bradlee, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Thomas J. Watson, and Fredrik Idestam. After him are Peter Sauber, Peter Thiel, Ludvig Nobel, Theodor de Bry, Roy Raymond, and Iwasaki Yatarō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Lee Iacocca ranks 103. Before him are Alexander Haig, Rikidōzan, Katy Jurado, Stanley Donen, Daniel arap Moi, and Ottmar Walter. After him are Tengiz Abuladze, Israel Tal, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Pat Hingle, William Russell, and Arthur Danto. Among people deceased in 2019, Lee Iacocca ranks 104. Before him are Jan-Michael Vincent, Stanley Donen, Luke Perry, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Tomi Ungerer, and Yukiya Amano. After him are György Konrád, Bobby Joe Long, Jessye Norman, Ginger Baker, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, and Antoine Gizenga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Iacocca ranks 2,377 out of 20,380. Before him are Greg Mankiw (1958), Ralph Bellamy (1904), Kathryn Joosten (1939), Robert Jordan (1948), John Woodruff (1915), and Joe Wilson (1947). After him are Richard Sheldon (1878), Robin Tunney (1972), Robert Axelrod (1943), Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878), Ira Levin (1929), and Victor Mature (1913).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Lee Iacocca ranks 72. Before him are Walter Chrysler (1875), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Henry Ford II (1917), Hetty Green (1834), Ben Bradlee (1921), and Thomas J. Watson (1874). After him are Roy Raymond (1947), Robert Trump (1948), Ted Turner (1938), Tom Wolf (1948), Stockton Rush (1962), and Arthur D. Levinson (1950).

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