Who owns Ford Motor Company?

It’s often a bit of a mystery who owns who in the automotive world. Often, multiple brands are branched together under the ownership of one larger company, sometimes in surprising ways. It’s a feature of modern capitalism that the brands we typically interact with are actually owned by another, semi-faceless name that we’re likely not aware of.

Some wonder about the ownership status of Ford. When climbing up the ladder of ownership, Ford Motor Company sits above Ford and Lincoln. But who owns Ford Motor Company?

While it may not be the whole company, you can own a Ford vehicle!

Ford Motor Company is not owned by another corporation; instead, it is only owned by shareholders. Since the shareholders are collectively the owners of the company, those with more shares technically own more of Ford Motor Co.

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Top Shareholders in Ford Motor Company

The three individuals that own the most shares of Ford Motor Company are William Clay Ford Jr., Mark Field, and Joseph R. Hinrichs. See (immediately) below for more information on each of these intriguing folks.

William Clay Ford Jr.

William “Bill” Clay Ford Jr. is the great grandson of Henry Ford himself, and currently holds the position of Executive Chairman at Ford Motor Co. As of March 2018, Bill owns 6.8 million shares of common Ford Motor Co. stock.

Mark Field

Before he was pushed out of his CEO position at the company in 2017, Mark Field worked at Ford Motor Company for 28 years. As of his March 2017 SEC filing, Fields had 1.78 shares of common stock, making him the second largest Ford shareholder.

Joseph R. Hinrichs

As of his March 2018 SEC filing, Joseph R. Hinrichs comes in as the third largest Ford shareholder with 645,155 shares of the company. This dude has been the executive vice president and president of Global Operations, Ford Motor Company since June 1, 2017.

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