Stellantis (and its Chrysler predecessor) has a pretty good track record of cultivating young talent for the design studios. Mark Trostle was in high school in 1987 when he won a student design competition hosted by Chrysler. That was the same year high school student Ralph Gilles got a letter from then-Chrysler design chief Neil Walling urging him to attend design school, after seeing sketches from Gilles. Trostle now leads the Stellantis-owned Ram Truck/Mopar/SRT Design Studios, while Gilles is chief design officer for Stellantis globally.
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