Turmoil in a Charmed Life

摘要

Up to now it's been almost impossible for us mere mortals not to be wildly jealous of William Clay Ford Jr. Talk about leading a charmed life. Bill Ford is a wealthy, personable, self-possessed and seemingly unwarped member of one of the nation's leading families. At the tender age of 41, thanks to his last name, he completed a remarkably quick rise through the ranks and became chairman of Ford Motor Co., one of the world's great industrial enterprises. Even more maddening, he seems to have a golden touch. He can talk about being a "change agent" without having people smirk and can pitch "environmentally friendly sport utility vehicles"— a contradiction in terms if there ever was one—with a perfectly straight face.