Saturday, November 21, 2009
Alan Mulally, CEO Ford Motor Company - 2010 Man of the Year
Well deserved, if you ask me...
At AutomobileMag.com, Joe DeMatio writes about it:
"A year ago, when the heads of Detroit's Big Three - GM's Rick Wagoner, Ford's Alan Mulally, and Chrysler's Bob Nardelli - appeared in the infamous Capitol Hill bailout hearings, many lawmakers, and many Americans, decided that this trio from the industrial heartland could all be tarred with the bad-CEO brush. There was a telling moment, during a discussion about executive compensation, when the three CEOs were asked if they were willing to work for a dollar a year.
Mulally's polite reply, 'I think I'm OK where I am,' was a juicy piece of red meat for the national media, who were as one in their downright contempt for these three men and the industry they represented. CNN's Anderson Cooper literally sneered in disgust."
