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Ford Replacing CEO Mark Fields Doesn't Clarify Its Hazy Future

WIRED

Ford CEO Mark Fields has "retired," pushed out by the board of directors after 28 years with the company. The surprise announcement of Jim Hackett as his replacement offers a clearest indication that while investors and car companies alike obsess over "mobility," they still have no idea what precisely that means. Fields, 56, devoted half his life to trying to make Ford successful. He started his career in the company's marketing arm in California, before moving to help manage their South American operations. He served a stint in Japan, too, helming Mazda while it was under Ford's control.