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John Joseph Riccardo (July 2, 1924 – February 13, 2016) was an American automobile executive who was president, chairman, and chief executive of the Chrysler Corporation.
Feb 16, 2016 · John J. Riccardo, who as chairman and chief executive of Chrysler recruited Lee Iacocca before stepping aside as the automaker neared bankruptcy, died on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was...
Feb 16, 2016 · John Riccardo, who changed the course of Chrysler in the late 1970s by hiring Lee Iacocca to succeed him and requesting the government loan guarantees that helped save the automaker, died Feb....
Feb 15, 2016 · John Riccardo, the Chrysler chairman at the time of the company's 1979 brush with bankruptcy and the person who lured Lee Iacocca away from Ford, died Saturday in Ann Arbor.
Feb 17, 2022 · John Riccardo was not a “car guy.” Instead, he was a CPA who, in the 1950s, worked at the “big eight” accounting firm of Touche, Ross, along with the slightly older Lynn Townsend. Both men worked on automotive accounts during their years at the firm, with Townsend being assigned to Chrysler and Riccardo to Kaiser-Frazer.
Feb 15, 2016 · Former Chrysler Corp. CEO and Chairman John J. Riccardo, who guided the automaker through difficult economic times in the 1970s, died on Saturday. He was 91.
Feb 14, 2016 · DETROIT -- John J. Riccardo, the former accountant nicknamed The Flamethrower who rose rapidly to become chairman and CEO of Chrysler and later helped recruit Lee Iacocca to become his...
