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Welcome to the Season Finale of Season 2 of \u201cA Drink With \u2013 Detroit!\u201d This week we are pleased to be sharing a drink with someone we\u2019ve been wanting to have on the show since the beginning, William Clay Ford Jr. Ford is the great grandson to the founder of Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, and is the company\u2019s current executive chairman. In this episode, we cover everything from his purchase and plans for the Michigan Central Train Station and charting his own course, to how he believes most risks are worth taking. He reminds us how there was a time that Ford Motor Company would show potential employees everything but downtown Detroit and he shares personal stories about his great grandfather. He leaves us excited about how Detroit is ready to be the spot for city solutions and the future of mobility.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d like to give a special thanks to NBS Commercial Interiors who designed our custom set for this conversation. NBS is at the leading edge of workplace design. NBS along with Steelcase believe spaces can inspire new ways of thinking and fuel creativity.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Season Finale of Season 2 of \u201cA Drink With \u2013 Detroit!\u201d This week we are pleased to be sharing a drink with someone we\u2019ve been wanting to have on the show since the beginning, William Clay Ford Jr. Ford is the great grandson to the founder of Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWilliam Clay Ford Jr. Interview | A Drink With - Detroit | Michigan Central<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"William Clay Ford Jr. Interview | A Drink With - Detroit | Michigan Central\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/michigancentral.com\/william-clay-ford-jr-interview-a-drink-with-detroit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"William Clay Ford Jr. Interview | A Drink With - 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