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General Motors
COMPANY
Founded 1908 by William C. Durant as a holding company for Buick. Filed and emerged from pre-planned Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2009.
Current vehicle nameplates include Buick (founded 1903, acquired by GM 1908), Cadillac (founded 1902, acquired 1909), Chevrolet (founded 1911, acquired 1917), Daewoo (founded 1937, acquired 2001), GMC (founded 1901 as Rapid Motor Vehicle Company, acquired 1909), Holden (founded 1856, acquired 1931), Opel (founded 1863, acquired 1929), and Vauxhill (founded 1857, acquired 1925).
Former marques include Geo (manufactured 1989-98), Hummer (manufactured 1992-2009), LaSalle (manufactured 1927-40), Oakland (founded 1907, acquired 1909, shuttered 1931), Oldsmobile (founded 1897, acquired 1908, shuttered 2004), Lotus (founded 1952, acquired 1983, sold 1993); Pontiac (manufactured 1926-2009), Saab (founded 1947, acquired 1989, sold 2010), Saturn (manufactured 1985-2009), and numerous others.
Subsidiaries include AC Delco and OnStar. Former subsidiaries include Frigidaire (founded 1916, acquired 1919, sold 1979).
Official Website:
http://www.gm.com/
Industry:
Automobile
Ticker:
NYSE:GM
Corporate headquarters:
Detroit, MI
Sales:
$185B (2003)
Employees:
326000 (2003)
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Daniel F. Akerson |
Business |
21-Oct-1948 |
|
CEO of General Motors, 2010-14 |
| Mary Barra |
Business |
24-Dec-1961 |
|
CEO of General Motors |
| J. T. Battenberg III |
Business |
25-Apr-1943 |
|
CEO of Delphi, 1998-2005 |
| Walter G. Borst |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Treasurer of General Motors |
| David Buick |
Engineer |
17-Sep-1854 |
6-Mar-1929 |
Designed the first Buick motorcars |
| Michael J. Burns |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Dana, 2004-08 |
| Lewis B. Campbell |
Business |
1946 |
|
CEO of Textron |
| Andrew Card |
Government |
10-May-1947 |
|
White House Chief of Staff, 2001-06 |
| Harlow Curtice |
Business |
15-Aug-1893 |
3-Nov-1962 |
President of General Motors, 1952-58 |
| John DeLorean |
Business |
6-Jan-1925 |
19-Mar-2005 |
Automobile designer and entepreneur |
| John M. Devine |
Business |
13-May-1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of GM, 2001-06 |
| Richard M. Donnelly |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Former President, GM Europe |
| Myra R. Drucker |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Former Chief Investment Officer, GM Trust Bank |
| William C. Durant |
Business |
8-Dec-1861 |
18-Mar-1947 |
Founder of General Motors |
| George C. Eads |
Economist |
20-Aug-1942 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1979-81 |
| Robert J. Eaton |
Business |
13-Feb-1940 |
|
CEO of Chrysler, 1993-98 |
| John D. Finnegan |
Business |
31-Jan-1949 |
|
CEO of Chubb |
| Charles E. Golden |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CFO of Eli Lilly, 1996-2006 |
| Thomas A. Gottschalk |
Attorney |
5-Jul-1942 |
|
General Counsel of General Motors, 1994-2006 |
| Fritz Henderson |
Business |
29-Nov-1958 |
|
CEO of General Motors, 2009-10 |
| Debra J. Kelly-Ennis |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo NA |
| Kirk Kerkorian |
Business |
6-Jun-1917 |
15-Jun-2015 |
Las Vegas baron |
| Charles F. Kettering |
Engineer |
29-Aug-1876 |
25-Nov-1958 |
Invented the electric starter |
| Heidi Kunz |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CFO of Blue Shield of California |
| Mark R. LaNeve |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
VP, General Motors |
| J. Michael Losh |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CFO of General Motors, 1994-2000 |
| William J. Lovejoy |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Former VP at General Motors |
| John T. Montford |
Politician |
28-Jun-1943 |
|
Chancellor, Texas Tech University, 1996-2001 |
| Thomas A. Murphy |
Business |
10-Dec-1915 |
18-Jan-2006 |
CEO of General Motors, 1974-80 |
| Robert T. O'Connell |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of GMAC, 1992-94 |
| Rodney O'Neal |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Delphi |
| Harry J. Pearce |
Business |
20-Aug-1942 |
|
Vice Chairman of GM, 1996-2001 |
| W. Allen Reed |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of GM Asset Management, 1994-2005 |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
| Roy S. Roberts |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Former GM executive |
| Alfred P. Sloan |
Business |
23-May-1875 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Chairman of GM, 1937-56 |
| E. Follin Smith |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Former EVP at Constellation Energy |
| John F. Smith, Jr. |
Business |
6-Apr-1938 |
|
CEO of General Motors, 1992-2000 |
| Michael T. Smith |
Business |
5-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Hughes Electronics, 1997-2001 |
| Roger Smith |
Business |
12-Jul-1925 |
29-Nov-2007 |
CEO of General Motors, 1980-90 |
| Edward Stettinius, Jr. |
Government |
22-Oct-1900 |
31-Oct-1949 |
US Secretary of State, 1944-45 |
| Rick Wagoner |
Business |
9-Feb-1953 |
|
CEO of General Motors, 2000-09 |
| Ed Whitacre, Jr. |
Business |
4-Nov-1941 |
|
Chairman and CEO of General Motors, 2009-10 |
| Marina v.N. Whitman |
Economist |
6-Mar-1935 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1972-73 |
| Charles E. Whittaker |
Judge |
22-Feb-1901 |
26-Nov-1973 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1957-62 |
| Charles E. Wilson |
Government |
18-Jul-1890 |
26-Sep-1961 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1953-57 |
| Ray G. Young |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
CFO of General Motors |
| Ronald L. Zarrella |
Business |
1949 |
|
CEO of Bausch & Lomb, 2001-08 |
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joseph J. Ashton |
Labor Leader |
c. 1950 |
|
VP of United Auto Workers, 2010-14 |
| Mary Barra |
Business |
24-Dec-1961 |
|
CEO of General Motors |
| Armando M. Codina |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Founder of Codina Group |
| Erroll B. Davis, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Chancellor, University System of Georgia |
| George M. C. Fisher |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Kodak, 1993-2000 |
| Karen L. Katen |
Business |
1948 |
|
Senior Pfizer executive |
| Kent Kresa |
Business |
24-Mar-1938 |
|
CEO of Northrop Grumman, 1990-2003 |
| Philip A. Laskawy |
Business |
1941 |
|
CEO of Ernst & Young, 1994-2001 |
| Eckhard Pfeiffer |
Business |
20-Aug-1941 |
|
CEO of Compaq, 1991-99 |
| Rick Wagoner |
Business |
9-Feb-1953 |
|
CEO of General Motors, 2000-09 |
| Ed Whitacre, Jr. |
Business |
4-Nov-1941 |
|
Chairman and CEO of General Motors, 2009-10 |
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Daniel F. Akerson |
Business |
21-Oct-1948 |
|
CEO of General Motors, 2010-14 |
| Anne L. Armstrong |
Government |
27-Dec-1927 |
30-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77 |
| Percy N. Barnevik |
Business |
13-Feb-1941 |
|
CEO of ABB, 1988-96 |
| Erskine Bowles |
Government |
8-Aug-1945 |
|
White House Chief of Staff, 1996-98 |
| John H. Bryan |
Business |
5-Oct-1936 |
|
CEO of Sara Lee, 1975-2000 |
| Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. |
Business |
8-Jan-1888 |
2-Feb-1976 |
President of DuPont, 1940-48 |
| Lewis W. Douglas |
Politician |
2-Jul-1894 |
7-Mar-1974 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50 |
| Thomas E. Everhart |
Physicist |
15-Feb-1932 |
|
President of CalTech, 1987-97 |
| Charles F. Kettering |
Engineer |
29-Aug-1876 |
25-Nov-1958 |
Invented the electric starter |
| Ellen J. Kullman |
Business |
1956 |
|
CEO of DuPont |
| Alan G. Lafley |
Business |
13-Jun-1947 |
|
CEO of Procter & Gamble, 2000-09 |
| Ann Dore McLaughlin |
Government |
16-Nov-1941 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1987-89 |
| Thomas A. Murphy |
Business |
10-Dec-1915 |
18-Jan-2006 |
CEO of General Motors, 1974-80 |
| Harry J. Pearce |
Business |
20-Aug-1942 |
|
Vice Chairman of GM, 1996-2001 |
| H. Ross Perot |
Business |
27-Jun-1930 |
|
Eccentric presidential candidate |
| John J. Raskob |
Business |
12-Mar-1879 |
14-Oct-1950 |
Built the Empire State Building |
| Alfred P. Sloan |
Business |
23-May-1875 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Chairman of GM, 1937-56 |
| John F. Smith, Jr. |
Business |
6-Apr-1938 |
|
CEO of General Motors, 1992-2000 |
| Roger Smith |
Business |
12-Jul-1925 |
29-Nov-2007 |
CEO of General Motors, 1980-90 |
| Louis Wade Sullivan |
Government |
3-Nov-1933 |
|
US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93 |
| Charles H. Townes |
Physicist |
28-Jul-1915 |
27-Jan-2015 |
Invention of the maser and laser |
| Lloyd D. Ward |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Maytag, 1999-2000 |
| Dennis Weatherstone |
Business |
29-Nov-1930 |
13-Jun-2008 |
CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94 |
| Jerry York |
Business |
22-Jun-1938 |
16-Mar-2010 |
CFO of IBM, 1993-95 |
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Louis Chevrolet |
Auto Racing |
25-Dec-1878 |
6-Jun-1941 |
Designed the first Chevrolet |
| Jerry Hirshberg |
Designer |
1939 |
|
Nissan's design chief, 1980-2000 |
EMPLOYMENT
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John M. Allison |
Diplomat |
7-Apr-1905 |
28-Oct-1978 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1953-57 |
| Joseph B. Anderson, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
TAG Holdings LLC |
| Ed Asner |
Actor |
15-Nov-1929 |
|
Lou Grant |
| James A. Barcia |
Politician |
25-Feb-1952 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2003 |
| Gordon L. Baum |
Activist |
1940 |
|
Council of Conservative Citizens |
| Nabih Berri |
Politician |
28-Jan-1938 |
|
Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament |
| Louis Chênevert |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
President and COO of United Technologies |
| John Chisholm |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Chairman of QinetiQ |
| Gary L. Convis |
Business |
22-Sep-1942 |
|
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky |
| Lane Dwinell |
Politician |
14-Nov-1906 |
27-Mar-1997 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1955-59 |
| Ivor J. Evans |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Vice Chairman of Union Pacific, 2004-05 |
| Jack Fletcher |
Photographer |
1917 |
31-Dec-2003 |
National Geographic photographer |
| Larry Flynt |
Business |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Publisher of HUSTLER |
| Dale W. Jorgenson |
Economist |
7-May-1933 |
|
Economist at Harvard |
| Richard Kovacevich |
Business |
30-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Wells Fargo, 1998-2007 |
| Karl J. Krapek |
Business |
1948 |
|
COO of United Technologies, 1999-2002 |
| Kathleen Ligocki |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of Tower Automotive, 2003-07 |
| Stephen Lynch |
Politician |
31-Mar-1955 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 9th |
| William P. Madar |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Nordson Corp., 1986-97 |
| Thomas Midgley |
Chemist |
18-May-1889 |
2-Nov-1944 |
Ethyl gasoline, Freon |
| Ray Nagin |
Politician |
11-Jun-1956 |
|
Mayor of New Orleans, 2002-10 |
| Stanley O'Neal |
Business |
7-Oct-1951 |
|
CEO of Merrill Lynch, 2002-07 |
| Marissa T. Peterson |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Former EVP, Sun Microsystems |
| John C. Pope |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
President and COO of United Airlines, 1992-94 |
| Thomas G. Pownall |
Business |
20-Jan-1922 |
24-Jun-2005 |
CEO of Martin-Marietta, 1982-88 |
| Timothy M. Ring |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of C. R. Bard |
| Virginia M. Rometty |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of IBM |
| Walter M. Rosebrough, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Steris |
| Henry Spira |
Activist |
19-Jun-1927 |
12-Sep-1998 |
Animal rights activist |
| Harry Stonecipher |
Business |
16-May-1936 |
|
CEO of Boeing, 2003-05 |
| Tracey T. Travis |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
CFO of Polo Ralph Lauren |
| Jane L. Warner |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Illinois Tool Works executive |
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Anne L. Armstrong |
Government |
27-Dec-1927 |
30-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77 |
| W. Edwards Deming |
Mathematician |
14-Oct-1900 |
20-Dec-1993 |
Quality Control guru |
| Peter Drucker |
Business |
19-Nov-1909 |
11-Nov-2005 |
Management guru |
| Stephen J. Girsky |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Automotive analyst, Morgan Stanley |
| Frank Luntz |
Pundit |
23-Feb-1962 |
|
Republican pollster, strategist |
| James M. Moran |
Business |
8-Aug-1918 |
24-Apr-2007 |
JM Family Enterprises |
| Burton Richter |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1931 |
|
Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson |
| Marge Schott |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1928 |
2-Mar-2004 |
Owner, Cincinnati Reds |
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Tiki Barber |
Football |
7-Apr-1975 |
|
New York Giants RB, 1997-2006 |
| Barry Coe |
Actor |
26-Nov-1934 |
|
Ben Gregory on Follow the Sun |
| Stephen Colbert |
Talk Show Host |
13-May-1964 |
|
The Colbert Report |
| Bob Dylan |
Musician |
24-May-1941 |
|
The Times They Are A-Changin' |
| Jeff Gordon |
Auto Racing |
4-Aug-1971 |
|
Four-time Winston Cup winner |
| Peter Graves |
Actor |
18-Mar-1926 |
14-Mar-2010 |
Mission: Impossible |
| Sean Hannity |
TV Personality |
30-Dec-1961 |
|
Hannity & Colmes |
| Steve Harvey |
Comic |
23-Nov-1956 |
|
The Steve Harvey Show |
| Dennis Miller |
Comic |
3-Nov-1953 |
|
SNL news anchor, born-again Republican |
| Erin Murphy |
Actor |
17-Jun-1964 |
|
Tabitha on Bewitched |
| Bill O'Reilly |
Talk Show Host |
10-Sep-1949 |
|
The O'Reilly Factor |
| Brian Posehn |
Comic |
6-Jul-1966 |
|
Mr. Show with Bob and David |
| Kelly Ripa |
Actor |
2-Oct-1970 |
|
Faith on Hope & Faith |
| Tiger Woods |
Golf |
30-Dec-1975 |
|
Greatest living golfer |
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