Henry Ford II

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businessperson chief executive officer human industrialist

Henry Ford II was an American industrialist who led the postwar revival and modernization of Ford Motor Company as its president and later chairman.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → chief executive officer → human → industrialist →
alsoKnownAs	Hank the Deuce →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
burialPlace	Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1917-09-04 →
dateOfDeath	1987-09-29 →
educatedAt	Yale University →
employer	Ford Motor Company →
ethnicGroup	American of Irish descent →
familyName	Ford →
father	Edsel Ford →
fullName	Henry Ford II →
gender	male →
givenName	Henry →
grandfather	Henry Ford →
industry	automotive industry →
memberOf	Ford family →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
notableAchievement	Approved Ford’s entry into international motorsport in the 1960s → Expanded Ford’s global operations → Led modernization of Ford Motor Company after World War II → Oversaw Ford Motor Company’s public stock offering in 1956 → Reorganized Ford Motor Company’s management structure →
notableWork	Postwar revival of Ford Motor Company →
occupation	automobile executive → business executive → industrialist →
placeOfBirth	Detroit, Michigan, United States →
placeOfDeath	Detroit, Michigan, United States →
positionHeld	Chairman of Ford Motor Company → Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company → President of Ford Motor Company →
relative	Edsel Ford → Henry Ford →
residence	Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States →
sibling	Benson Ford → William Clay Ford Sr. →
spouse	Anne McDonnell → Cristina Vettore Austin → Kathleen DuRoss →
startTime	1945-09-21 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Benson Ford → Henry Ford III →	relative
Edsel Ford →	child
Edsel B. Ford II →	father
Henry Ford II →	fullName
Ford family (controlling shareholders) →	notableMember
William Clay Ford Sr. →	sibling