Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacoccais an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 October 1924
CityAllentown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything.
We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashion way. We pay it back.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.
People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it.
In business, I loved cars. I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning. Only in America can you decide to get a good education and pursue what you like.
I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.
In business, you're trying to make a buck. God was good to me and blessed me. I made some money and started this foundation years ago, and it has grown in size. With the foundation it's a lot different, because the bottom line isn't how you can make more money or get a better return, it's helping the projects that you feel strongly about move forward.
In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.
The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.
There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.