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Lee Iacocca

1924 - 2019

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Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca ( EYE-ə-KOH-kə; October 15, 1924 – July 2, 2019) was an American automobile executive best known for the development of the Ford Mustang, Continental Mark III, and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. He was president of Chrysler from 1978 to 1991 and chairman and CEO from 1979 until his retirement at the end of 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Iacocca has received more than 5,763,735 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lee Iacocca is the 104th most popular businessperson (up from 131st in 2019), the 1,168th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,526th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Lee Iacocca ranks 104 out of 601Before him are Ivana Trump, Sam Walton, Louis Chevrolet, Eusebi Güell, Gianni Infantino, and William Boeing. After him are Christophe Plantin, Fred Trump, Mike Markkula, Elizabeth Arden, Brian Epstein, and Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Lee Iacocca ranks 50Before him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Guy Williams, Luigi Nono, Ahmadou Ahidjo, and Madame Nhu. After him are Vladimir Kryuchkov, Georges Prêtre, Giovanni Sartori, Bulat Okudzhava, Matthäus Hetzenauer, and Eduardo Chillida. Among people deceased in 2019, Lee Iacocca ranks 51Before him are Claudine Auger, Henri, Count of Paris, Demetris Christofias, David J. Thouless, Lennart Johansson, and Yasuhiro Nakasone. After him are Sydney Brenner, César Pelli, Ágnes Heller, Matti Nykänen, Alicia Alonso, and Rosamunde Pilcher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Iacocca ranks 1,168 out of 18,182Before him are Phil Jackson (1945), William Boeing (1881), Tori Amos (1963), Don King (1931), Bill Pullman (1953), and Val Kilmer (1959). After him are Scarlett Johansson (1984), Stan Smith (1946), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), George Davis Snell (1903), and Phil Hill (1927).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Lee Iacocca ranks 34Before him are Paul Allen (1953), Larry Flynt (1942), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Sam Walton (1918), and William Boeing (1881). After him are Fred Trump (1905), Mike Markkula (1942), William Randolph Hearst (1863), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Gordon Moore (1929), and Stan Kroenke (1947).