Rick Johnson, the man who made Automotive News Europe happen

ANE Publisher Jason Stein, left, congratulates ANE Founding Editor Rick Johnson at the 20th anniversary Automotive News Europe Congress in 2017. Johnson received a framed program from the first ANE Congress, which was held in Brussels.

March 30, 2019 08:34 AM

When Rick Johnson relocated to Europe from Japan in 1995 to found Automotive News Europe, the European Union was a quickly expanding free trade zone.

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