Iacocca, former president of Ford Motor Company, took over Chrysler when it was leaning towards bankruptcy. He asked Congress for a loan, arguing that if Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, the government ...

Long before the minivan became standard issue in the American suburbs, Hal Sperlich was its greatest champion and Henry Ford II was its most famous hater. Lee Iacocca used to sit between them in ...

He presented the business plan to “about 20 executive vice-presidents, and Henry,” as in Henry Ford II ... Iacocca’s time at ...