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Before Ford, Hackett built reputation on transforming office furniture company

Hackett, 62, joined Ford's board in 2013. Last year, he stepped down from the board in March 2016 to become chairman for Ford Smart Mobility.
May 22, 2017 05:00 AM

DETROIT -- Jim Hackett, the man named to replace Mark Fields as CEO of Ford Motor, is a former board member at the automaker who spent most of his career running a Michigan furniture maker before Fields tapped him to steer Ford’s investments in new forms of mobility.

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