Lee iacocca an autobiography free download

Should Chrysler be saved? Chrysler goes to Congress -- Ch. Equality of sacrifice -- Ch. The banks: trial by fire -- Ch. The K-car -- and the close call; "It only hurts when I laugh" -- Ch. Public man, public office -- Ch. Bittersweet victory -- pt. Straight talk -- Ch. The high cost of labor -- Ch. The Japanese challenge -- Ch. Making America great again -- Epilogue: The great lady -- Index.

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Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. The hugely successful autobiography was the best-selling non-fiction hardcover book of and In part 1 of the book, Iacocca speaks of his Italian immigrant family and his experiences at school. He was offered a job at Ford straight out of college, but at the same time, he was offered a fellowship for a graduate degree at Princeton University.

He took the fellowship with the promise of a job after leaving Princeton. In his year at Princeton, his recruiter was drafted into the war and by the time he was finished with school, no one at Ford had heard of him.

Lee iacocca an autobiography free download

After explaining what had happened, he was given the 51st spot on the training group. In part 2, "The Ford Story", Iacocca tells of his triumph of the Mustang and his climb to power in the company. He established a plot to fire Iacocca, and Iacocca was to resign from the company on October 15, , his 54th birthday. He switched to sales and in , had worked his way up to assistant sales manager of the Philadelphia district.

Three years later he was named sales manager in Washington D. Finally in , Iacocca reached the top and was crowned President of Ford. Eight years later he was fired due to the tense relationship between him and Henry Ford II, and was quickly snatched up as President and Chief Executive Officer at Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler was a failing industry at this point, much in debt, but Iacocca managed to turn the company around, cutting costs, getting federal assistance, introducing new cars that sold amazingly well, such as the K-car, and repaying all of the loans in five years.

In , Chrysler introduced Iacocca's Chrysler Minivan, which became one of the best selling vehicles in North America.