Ford, William Clay Sr.
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born on | 14 March 1925 at 21:00 (= 9:00 PM ) | ||||
Place | Detroit, Michigan, 42n20, 83w03 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American businessman, he served on the boards of Ford Motor Company and the Edison Institute. Ford owned the Detroit Lions National Football League (NFL) franchise since 1961. He was the youngest child of Edsel Ford and was the last surviving grandchild of Henry Ford.
Ford married Martha Parke Firestone, the granddaughter of Harvey Firestone and Idabelle Smith Firestone, on 21 June 1947. The couple had four children: Martha Parke Morse (b. 1948), Sheila Firestone Hamp (b. 1951), William Clay Ford, Jr. (b. 1957), and Elizabeth Hudson Ford Kontulis (b. 1961).
According to Forbes magazine, Ford was the 371st richest person in the United States in 2013, with an approximate net worth of US$1.4 billion. Ford died of pneumonia, five days before his 89th birthday, at his home in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, on 9 March 2014.
Relationships
- parent->child relationship with Ford, William Clay Jr. (born 3 May 1957)
- sibling relationship with Ford, Henry II (born 4 September 1917)
- sibling relationship with Ford, Josephine Clay (born 7 July 1923)
- other kin relationship with Ford, Henry (born 30 July 1863). Notes: Grandkin
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), Monday 16 March 1925, page 5, "arrived Saturday night" at 7930 E. Jefferson Ave, Detroit. A birth time of 9pm is speculative.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Pneumonia
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Martha Parke Firestone)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four)
- Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted (William Clay Ford Jr., businessman)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Inheritance
- Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy (Billionaire)
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Pneumonia)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 88)
- Vocation : Business : Business owner
- Vocation : Business : Entrepreneur
- Vocation : Business : Top executive
- Vocation : Sports Business : Coach/ Manager/ Owner (Owned the Detroit Lions)
- 1925 births
- Birthday 14 March
- Birthplace Detroit, MI (US)
- Sun 23 Pisces
- Moon 19 Scorpio
- Asc 22 Libra
- 2014 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Pneumonia
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3
- Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Inheritance
- Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Business : Business owner
- Vocation : Business : Entrepreneur
- Vocation : Business : Top executive
- Vocation : Sports Business : Coach/ Manager/ Owner