Awards & Recognition
★SAE Foundation Industry Leadership Award (2015)
★World Car Person of the Year (2019, posthumous)
★Automotive Hall of Fame inductee (2019, posthumous)
★Deming Cup for operational excellence (2011)
★Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award (2011)
★Hennick Medal for Career Achievement (2015)
★Honorary degrees from multiple universities including University of Trento
Notable Facts
→CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles who orchestrated dramatic turnaround of both companies
→Transformed Fiat from near-bankruptcy to 7th largest automaker globally through merger with Chrysler
→Also served as Chairman/CEO of Ferrari, Maserati, and CNH Industrial simultaneously
→Known for unconventional management style, wearing black sweaters instead of suits
→Died at age 66 in 2018 following complications from surgery
→Italian-Canadian businessman who immigrated to Toronto at age 14