Ford CEO Jim Hackett to retire, handing reins to COO Jim Farley.
Farley, 58, will work with Hackett on a “smooth leadership transition over the next two months,” according to the company.
The leadership shakeup will make Farley the fourth CEO of the automaker since the Great Recession, which nearly bankrupted the automaker. Since beginning to lead Ford in May 2017, Hackett, a former CEO of furniture company Steelcase, has done little to create confidence in the automaker on Wall Street — a reason his predecessor, Mark Fields, was ousted after a less than three-year tenure.
As of Monday’s close, shares of Ford are down 39.7 percent under Hackett to $6.69. The stock, which has a market value of $26.1 billion is down 28 percent so far in 2020.“I am very grateful to Jim Hackett for all he has done to modernize Ford and prepare us to compete and win in the future,” Bill Ford, Ford’s executive chairman, said in a release.
The former furniture executive won favor with Ford, great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford, because of his reputation in Silicon Valley and motivational skills.
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