Heiress to the Ford empire and owner of the Detroit Lions, Sheila Ford Hamp blends legacy, sports success and a fortune that ...

Sheila Ford Hamp stepped up to support general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell when the Detroit Lions were 4-18-1 ...

That was the year that Sheila Ford Hamp — the great-granddaughter of Henry Ford — took over leadership of the team. Lest anyone feared a laissez-faire approach, Hamp quickly proved otherwise.

That included a special Detroit Lions Edition F-150 pickup truck that had Jared Goff — quarterback of the NFL franchise owned by Sheila Ford Hamp, sister of Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford ...

William Clay Ford, Hamp’s father, bought the Lions in November ... a woman in a roomful of billionaire men. But now, this was Sheila’s time — her shot to run the organization — and she ...

Speaking to the Detroit Free Press for an in-depth, three-part feature series, Hamp shared who she called first when she decided to take over for her mother, Martha Firestone Ford.