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William Clay Ford, Jr.

American Businessman

Born: May 3, 1957

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Just think in terms of green energy and how much time, money, brain power and policy action has started to pour into green energy, and I think that's wonderful. We're going to need that same kind of effort towards global gridlock if we're going to keep the individual mobility that we all take for granted today. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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As the technology is developed, autonomous driving could provide driving opportunities for the physically challenged or enable the elderly to continue driving longer. This will be vital as many nations experience an aging population. William Clay Ford, Jr.

In the time of the robber barons, my great grandfather insisted on reinvesting and sharing profits with workers... He was told he was a socialist, that he was not welcome on Wall Street. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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Long commutes and traffic jams once associated with older, established cities such as London, New York or Tokyo are spreading throughout the world's emerging economies. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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I think I was the first executive to ever speak at a Greenpeace business conference, in London in 2001. That didn't play well here at Ford, but I thought it was an important signal to send internally, that these were the kind of issues we needed to be grappling with. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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There is a great demand everywhere in the world for individual mobility. People like the fact they are not on somebody else's schedule. They can come and go as they please. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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The climate is changing, and anyone who disagrees is, in my view, still in denial. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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The Ford family wants the company to succeed. Period. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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I was an absolutely untalented designer. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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Cars will talk to each other and the world around them to make driving both safer and more efficient. 'Vehicle-to-vehicle' and 'vehicle-to-infrastructure' connectivity will become commonplace. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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The Ford Motor Co. should stand for something more than cars and trucks. There is a Ford way of doing things that we cannot lose... We need to be continuously polishing that Ford oval. William Clay Ford, Jr.

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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Lyft is enabling an exciting new model of freedom and personal mobility, as evidenced by its millions of satisfied users. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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My father was a great business leader and humanitarian who dedicated his life to the company and the community. He also was a wonderful family man, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him, yet he will continue to inspire us all. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days. William Clay Ford, Jr.

S.U.V.'s are under a lot of scrutiny these days, and yet the S.U.V. buyer is a very loyal lot. William Clay Ford, Jr.

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