Lee Iacocca

Who is Lee Iacocca?

Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca is an American businessman known for engineering the Ford Mustang and Ford Pinto cars, being let go from Ford Motor Company, and his revival of the Chrysler Corporation in the 1980s. He served as President and CEO of Chrysler from 1978 and additionally as chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992.

Iacocca was a passionate advocate of U.S. business exports during the 1980s. He is the author of several books, including Iacocca: An Autobiography, and Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

Portfolio named Iacocca the 18th-greatest American CEO of all time.

Famous Quotes:

• If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.
• So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
• When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
• Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
• I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
• My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
• The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
• The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
• People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it.
• You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.