Who is Henry Ford II from Iacocca: An Autobiography and what is their importance? Iacocca:_An_Autobiography English & Literature Henry Ford II | Iacocca: An Autobiography

Henry Ford II took over the Ford company from his grandfather in 1945 when he returned from serving in the Navy. He hired a group of ten Air Force officers who had run the Air Force Office of Statistical Control and who wanted to continue to work together as a group. Their specialty was cost efficiency. Two of the men were Robert McNamara and Arjay Miller, who would become presidents of Ford. They became known as the Whiz Kids and provided Ford with the managerial expertise that he needed. Ford named Iacocca the head of the Ford Division in December 1960. When the Mustang was being developed they had decided to call it the Torino. At this time, Henry was divorcing his wife and dating on Italian jet-setter, Christina Vettore Austin, who he eventually married.