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Jim Farley
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Jim Farley

American businessman and CEO of Ford Motor Company

James Duncan Farley Jr. (born June 10, 1962) is an American businessman.2

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Born Jun 1962.1

About

He is the CEO of Ford Motor Company, a board member of McDonald's, and former board member of Harley-Davidson.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jim Farley, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

Trade performance

DateStockTradeValueReturn sinceVs S&P sinceVs S&P, 1 year
Mar 3, 2023FSale$1.0M−5.0%+95.9%+29.3%
Mar 3, 2022FSale$3.3M−29.4%+106.5%+18.4%
Apr 30, 2020FBuy$1.0M+144.2%−21.5%+83.1%
Oct 1, 2019FSale$413.3K+39.7%+123.5%+39.4%
Jul 26, 2019FSale$430.2K+29.9%+125.7%+34.6%

Returns are price-only (no dividends), measured from the trade date.

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of California, Los Angeles3
  • Date not recordedGeorgetown University3

Farley was born to a banker father in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he spent his early years, before moving to Greenwich, Connecticut. Before university, Farley attended Portsmouth Abbey School, a Catholic, college preparatory school in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He graduated from Georgetown University and then later, the UCLA Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Farley's grandfather worked at Henry Ford's River Rouge Plant in 1918. He is a cousin of the entertainers Chris Farley, Kevin Farley, and John Farley. He is also a cousin of Carolina Hurricanes TV analyst and former NHL and AHL player Tripp Tracy.

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Career

Occupation: business executive, businessperson.8

Before joining Ford in November 2007, Farley was group vice president and general manager of Lexus, responsible for all sales, marketing, and customer satisfaction activities for Toyota’s luxury auto brand. From 2015 to 2017, he was CEO and chairman of Ford Europe. From June 2017 to May 2019, he was executive vice president and president of global markets. In May 2019, Farley was appointed president, New Business, Technology and Strategy. In February 2020, Farley was named as COO.

On August 4, 2020, Ford announced that Farley would succeed Jim Hackett as the CEO of Ford on October 1, 2020. At the same time, it was announced that Hackett would retire and become a special advisor.

Farley has consistently earned over $20,000,000 annually in his role as CEO of Ford. In 2025, his total compensation rose 11% from the previous year to approximately $27,500,000. Over the same period of time, Ford issued a record-setting 153 recall orders, prompting concerns over the company's long-term quality control measures.

Farley was on the Harley-Davidson board of directors from July 2021 to February 2026, in an effort to revitalize the motorcycle maker and prepare it for electrification. In February 2026, Farley was elected to the McDonald's board of directors, effective February 4, 2026.

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Personal life

  • BornJun 1962, Argentina9
  • CitizenshipUnited States10

In the news

3 recent articles from 2 outlets we read name Jim Farley. We match the full name, and check the article also names one of their companies or that they are well known.

  • Ford supplier cuts jobs in Sterling Heights as some work sent to IndiaDetroit News, Oct 15, 2026…CEO Jim Farley has emphasized the automaker's commitment to U.S.
  • Ford killed its electric truck. Then demand surgedLos Angeles Times, leans left, Oct 14, 2026…At a conference last week, Ford CEO Jim Farley said the company “hasn’t landed the plane yet” on mass production of its new EV platform. “It’s going to be a heck of an effort,” he explained, “to launch this at scale, at cost, on time.” Stock writes for Blooomberg.
  • Ford killed its electric truck. Then demand surgedDetroit News, Oct 11, 2026…At a conference last week, Ford CEO Jim Farley said the company “hasn’t landed the plane yet” on mass production of its new EV platform. “It’s going to be a heck of an effort,” he explained, “to launch this at scale, at cost, on time.”

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    Wikidata and SEC EDGARFord Motor Company, Board member
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