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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedGroup CEO: Sergio Marchionne.(Special Report)(Fiat Auto S.p.A.)
Automotive News Europe, August, 2006
Fiat group and Fiat Auto CEO
Age: 54
Sergio Marchionne's message to employees after he took over as Fiat Auto CEO in February 2005 was clear and simple: "I told them that we would build a team and try to fix the damn thing."
To form his team, Marchionne, who also is Fiat group CEO, either fired or reassigned executives whose divisions were performing poorly. While Marchionne admits that Fiat Auto remains on the comeback trail, he is thrilled with the executives who are helping him fix the once-reeling Italian automaker.
"Great organizations and great people can do great things," Marchionne said. "We're growing some great kids in our house."
The highlight of Marchionne's continuing turnaround of Fiat group has been his...
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