Sergio Marchionne is the manager of the year. To say it is the magazine Automotive News, which crowned the CEO of FCA, assigning him the first place in the standings also among the CEOs of North America, within the automotive sector.
“There is no need – explains the magazine – to go far to find the manager of the year 2014 is Sergio Marchionne, that Italian-Canadian lawyer who smokes one cigarette after another, gulps down coffee who works late into the night and who continues to grind miracles".
Miracles like that of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. According to Automotives, in fact, five FCA managers are included in the list of the best: Reid Bigland for sales, Olivier Francois for advertising, Bob Lee for engineering, Martin Kinsella for manufacturing and Mike Manley as brand executive .
In the last year, the magazine points out, there has been "something magical" in Chrysler's growth, which has gained more than a percentage point in US market share, reaching 2007 levels. All this "while keeping the combined companies in profit, despite the worsening economic conditions in Europe and Latin America thanks to the potential he was able to see in Chrysler six years ago”.
