William Clay Ford Jr. Quotes

• When we’re in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we’re desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don’t know how to run very well.

  William Clay Ford Jr.

  Topics in Business, Money

• We took our eye off the ball as a company.

  William Clay Ford Jr.

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Sport

• 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.

  Topics in Business, Life

  Tags in Advantage, Company

• Nobody’s irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we’ve had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I’d like to see that diminish.

  William Clay Ford Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Personality, Company

• 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.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Together, Recovery

• I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I’d rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.

  William Clay Ford Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Accomplishment, World

• I don’t ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad.

  William Clay Ford Jr.

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Believe

William Clay Ford Jr. (7)

Birth:	3rd May, 1957
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman

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