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Henry Ford II once said he could do things other CEOs couldn't do because "my name is on the building."
A visitor to Ford world headquarters in Dearborn, MI seldom forgets that this publicly owned company is in other ways still a family business.
A statue of Henry Ford II greets visitors in the lobby. That's a start of the Ford family presence in art form.
In the lobby of the executive suites is a statue of Henry Ford. At the top of a sweeping circular staircase, leading to the top executive offices on the 12th floor, are large oil portraits of Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and Henry Ford II.