Introduction Iacocca is a recognized American businessman whose input in the commercial sector has been significantly realized in the past decades. He has been significant in the motor vehicle industry both in the capacities of management and entrepreneurship. This paper seeks to offer a review of the biography of Anthony Iacocca. The paper will offer a summary of the biography and discuss leadership styles as realized by Iacocca and expressed in his biography. The paper will also look into the impacts of family and adversity on his opinions. Review of the Autobiography Early Life Anthony Iacocca was born in the year 1924 in the state of Pennsylvania, the United States. He has an Italian origin. He was born to Nicola (Iacocca and Novak 4). His father who was an outstanding entrepreneur was presumably an influential figure in his life as he made a foundation upon which Anthony grew up to be an outstanding entrepreneur. Nicola is reported to have been actively involved in several business ventures that provided a business and innovative atmosphere for his son. Some of Nicola’s business engagements included being a “cobbler, hot dog restaurant owner and a theater owner” (Ho Jo 1). As much as his father’s economic activities influenced and molded him, Anthony was keen on his academics with a focused mentality that was since his child age aimed at being an executive of an automobile company (Iacocca and Novak 10). He did his undergraduate degree in industrial engineering and then his master’s degree before settling to work with the Ford automobiles company (Ho Jo 1). In Ford The life of Anthony in the automobile industry was a fairly humbling one owing to how he joined the company. With his master’s degree, he joined Ford as a trainee. His work was recognized in the company which led to his long-time retention in the organization that was occasionally coupled with promotions. After fourteen years of his stay with the Ford company, Anthony had been duly promoted to managerial positions in the company to ultimately have the post of the vice presidency of the company. Four years later, he was leading a team of the company into launching the introduction and marketing of a new motor vehicle brand which was also similarly well received in the market. This particular product together with its marketing was outstanding and set the record of attaining the highest new sales of production. His promotions were further realized to rise from the position of the organization’s vice president to finally become the company’s top official (Iacocca and Novak 91). His appointment further made him be a recognized figure in the United States who could at any time be able to sell his “products, ideas or himself”, a potential that he used to drive the sales of Ford Mustang that he helped to develop (Ho Jo 1). Moving from Ford His life in the Ford company was however to be cut short as he was dismissed in the year 1978. Though disappointed by the dismissal, Anthony was to within a year return to the same industry to work for Chrysler Company as its president (Iacocca and Novak 160). He only required five years to make a mark in his new office. While the company was struggling to make profits on his arrival, he improved the firm’s profitability to the extent that in