COMPANY

Founded 1908 by William C. Durant to be a holding company for Buick.

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
J. T. Battenberg III	Business	1944		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
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		President of General Motors
Debra J. Kelly-Ennis	Business	c. 1957		Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo NA
Kirk Kerkorian	Business	6-Jun-1917		Las Vegas baron
Charles F. Kettering	Inventor	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
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
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
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
Percy N. Barnevik	Business	13-Feb-1941		CEO of ABB, 1988-96
Erskine Bowles	Government	8-Aug-1945		Clinton's Chief of Staff
John H. Bryan	Business	5-Oct-1936		CEO of Sara Lee, 1975-2000
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
Ellen J. Kullman	Business	c. 1956		EVP at DuPont
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

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anne L. Armstrong	Government	27-Dec-1927	30-Jul-2008	US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.	Business	8-Jan-1888	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
Alan G. Lafley	Business	13-Jun-1947		CEO of Procter & Gamble
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
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	1938		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
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
Ivor J. Evans	Business	c. 1943		Vice Chairman of Union Pacific, 2004-05
Jack Fletcher	Photographer	?	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
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
Ray Nagin	Politician	11-Jun-1956		Mayor of New Orleans
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		Senior VP at IBM
Walter M. Rosebrough, Jr.	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Steris
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
James M. Moran	Business	8-Aug-1918	24-Apr-2007	JM Family Enterprises
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		Former New York Giants RB
Stephen Colbert	Comic	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
Sean Hannity	Radio 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 player
Kelly Ripa	Actor	2-Oct-1970		Faith on Hope & Faith
Tiger Woods	Golf	30-Dec-1975		Greatest living golfer

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