Word: petersen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After asking how many listeners in the audience would like to be chief executive officers of a company like his own, Donald Petersen, chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co., said, "For all of you would be C.E.O.s, one prerequisite is stamina...
...Although Petersen met with Thatcher right on the heels of the "nonsummit summit" in Iceland, she still spent a full hour talking about business with him, he said...
Even though he had to work Saturday to prepare himself for the next week, Petersen said he felt that he could not turn down the invitation he received to have dinner at the White House the Sunday after his Europe trip. Of President Reagan, Petersen said, "He's a great storyteller, and he talked a lot about the summit...
...Petersen said that while in Italy he was promised an answer on Ford's bid to buy Alfa Romeo by November 1. "Whether we acquire Alfa Romeo or not," he said, "at least we know we've made an effort...
...Petersen's life is jet-setting and meeting important people. "So often in our lives, we get caught up in the macro views of the economy and politics," he said. "We kind of lose sight of the fact that what we're all about is selling automobiles to individuals like...