Edsel Ford II
| Edsel Ford II | |
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| Born | December 27, 1948 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Board of Directors at Ford Motor Company |
Edsel Bryant Ford II (born December 27, 1948) is the great-grandson of Henry Ford and the son of Henry Ford II. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Ford Motor Company and is a cousin of its Executive Chairman, William Clay Ford, Jr..[1]
Education
He received his Business Administration Bachelor's Degree at Babson College, and completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School in 1981. Edsel attended Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts and graduated in 1968, from The Gunnery, in Washington, CT, USA before entering Babson.
Career
Between 1978 and 1980 Edsel ran Ford Australia. During his short tenure the Ford Falcon XD was released, and Ford Australia changed their source for smaller cars from Europe to Japan.
As a board member of Ford, Edsel is active in company affairs and corporate dealer relations.[1] He was named president and chief operating officer of Ford Motor Credit Company in 1991, and elected a Ford Vice President in 1993. Edsel is very active in charitable and philanthropic organizations in southeastern Michigan.
Edsel continued his family’s aviation legacy through his own passion for aviation when he purchased Pentastar Aviation in 2001. He is the sole owner of Pentastar Aviation; a complete aviation services company.[2]
Personal life
Ford is married to the former Cynthia Layne Neskow and they have four sons. The eldest son, Henry Ford III, works for Ford Motor Company.[3] Second son, Calvin, lives in Denver, Colorado and also works for Ford. The third son, Stewart, is currently working for an online automotive marketplace in San Francisco, California. The youngest son, Albert, attended Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts and graduated from Georgetown University in 2014. The family lives in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.
He is currently the Director Emeritus of the Board of Directors at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for The Skillman Foundation.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Board of Directors, Ford Motor Company". Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ↑ "Owner & CEO, Pentastar Aviation". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ↑ Baime, A.J. (February 2, 2015). "Fifty Sense". Autoweek 65 (3): 40–44. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
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