He received his Business Administration Bachelor"s Degree at Babson College, and completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School in 1981. Edsel attended Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts and graduated in 1968, from The Gunnery, in Washington, Connecticut, United States of America before entering Babson.
Between 1978 and 1980 Edsel ran Ford Australia. During his short tenure the Ford Falcon XD was released, and Ford Australia changed their source for smaller cars from Europe to Japan. He was named president and chief operating officer of Ford Motor Cr Company in 1991, and elected a Ford Vice President in 1993.
Edsel is very active in charitable and philanthropic organizations in southeastern Michigan.
Edsel continued his family’s aviation legacy through his own passion for aviation when he purchased Pentastar Aviation in 2001. He is the sole owner of Pentastar Aviation.
A complete aviation services company.
He is currently a member of the board of directors of Ford Motor Company and is a cousin of its Executive Chairman, William Clay Ford, Junior. As a board member of Ford, Edsel is active in company affairs and corporate dealer relations.
