Alan Mulally

For the English cricketer, see Alan Mullally.

Alan Mulally
Mulally in 2013
Born
Alan Roger Mulally

(1945-08-04) August 4, 1945 (age 79)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Alma mater
Known for
SpouseNicki Mulally
Children5

Alan Roger Mulally (born August 4, 1945) is an American aerospace engineer and manufacturing executive. He served as the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1998 to 2006, and later as president and chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Company from 2006 to 2014.

He began his career with Boeing as an engineer in 1969 and was largely credited with Boeing's resurgence against Airbus in the mid-2000s.[1] Mulally is also widely credited with turning around Ford during the Great Recession, when American competitors were declared bankrupt and were bailed out by the federal government.[2][3] Mulally's achievements at Ford are chronicled in the book American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman, published in 2012. On July 15, 2014, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Google,[4] a position which he had left by 2024.[5]

In 2015, Mulally was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.[6]

  1. ^ Mecham, Michael; Velocci, Anthony L. Jr. (January 1, 2007). "Alan R. Mulally is AW&ST's Person of the Year". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Schepp, David (October 25, 2010). "Ford May See Record Third-Quarter Earnings". Daily Finance. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  3. ^ Mulally, Alan; Rose, Charlie (July 27, 2011). "Alan Mulally-Charlie Rose Interview". Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "Alan Mulally joins Google's board of directors". CNBC. Reuters. July 15, 2014. Archived from the original on July 23, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  5. ^ "Board of Directors". Alphabet Investor relations. Alphabet. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  6. ^ Sprekelmeyer, Linda, editor. These We Honor: The International Aerospace Hall of Fame. Donning Co. Publishers, 2006. ISBN 978-1-57864-397-4.