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"Google announced today that former Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally has joined its board of directors.\r\nMulally\u2019s appointment officially began on July 9. He will serve on the company\u2019s audit committee. Mulally led Ford\u00A0from 2006 to 2014. Prior to Ford, he\u00A0served as a top executive at Boeing.\r\nWhile the executive's\u00A0aviation and automobile experience might seem like an odd fit for a tech company, Google's self-driving car\u00A0and drone\u00A0projects could benefit from\u00A0Mulally's expertise.\r\n\r\nInterestingly, Mulally was believed to be in the running for the Microsoft CEO slot vacated by Steve Ballmer, though he denied the rumor.\r\n\u27A4 Google Appoints Alan Mulally to its Board of Directors\r\nImage credit: Spencer Platt / Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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