What is the name of Ferdinand Porsche's son who ran the company?

Ferdinand Porsche’s son who ran the company was Ferry Porsche. Born Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, he became widely known by the nickname “Ferry,” a name that became inseparable from Porsche’s postwar identity.

Ferry worked alongside his father from a young age and joined the Stuttgart design office in 1931, the year it was founded. After World War II, he helped lead the company and transformed its engineering expertise into a production-car business. When his father was detained in France, Ferry and the team developed the Porsche 356, the first car sold under the Porsche name.

Ferry Porsche served as the company’s managing director and later as supervisory-board chairman. He is often credited with helping establish Porsche as a sports-car manufacturer rather than merely an engineering consultancy. A common mix-up is calling him “Ferdinand Porsche Jr.”; although that description identifies his family relationship, “Ferry Porsche” is the accepted historical and corporate name.