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FRANKFURT - Hans-Olov Olsson, the outgoing CEO of Volvo Car Corp., got an intriguing retirement gift from his boss, Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford: a new job.
"I was moving on to another place in my life," says Olsson, who became Ford Motor's chief marketing officer Sept. 8. "Then I heard that Bill Ford wanted to talk to me."
Olsson, 63, will be responsible for a marketing strategy that supports all of the company's brands. He also was named nonexecutive chairman of Volvo...