The Car Executive of the Century was an international award given to the most influential car executive of the 20th century. The election process was overseen by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation.
The winner, Ferdinand Piëch, was announced at an awards gala on December 18, 1999 in Las Vegas.
Famous quotes containing the words car and/or executive:
“Fifty years from now, it will not matter what kind of car you drove, what kind of house you lived in, how much you had in your bank account, or what your clothes looked like, But the world may be a little better because you were important in the life of a child.”
—Anonymous. Quoted in The Winning Family, by Louise Hart, ch. 1 (1987)
“... the wife of an executive would be a better wife had she been a secretary first. As a secretary, you learn to adjust to the boss’s moods. Many marriages would be happier if the wife would do that.”
—Anne Bogan, U.S. executive secretary. As quoted in Working, book 1, by Studs Terkel (1973)