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General Motors
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| J. Michael Losh |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CFO of General Motors, 1994-2000 |
| 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 |
| Ronald L. Zarrella |
Business |
1949 |
|
CEO of Bausch & Lomb, 2001-08 |
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
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 |
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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 |
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Vice Chairman of GM, 1996-2001 |
| H. Ross Perot |
Business |
27-Jun-1930 |
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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 |
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CEO of Maytag, 1999-2000 |
| Dennis Weatherstone |
Business |
29-Nov-1930 |
13-Jun-2008 |
CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94 |
| Jerry York |
Business |
1938 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Lou Grant |
| James A. Barcia |
Politician |
25-Feb-1952 |
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Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2003 |
| Nabih Berri |
Politician |
28-Jan-1938 |
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Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament |
| Louis Chênevert |
Business |
c. 1958 |
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President and COO of United Technologies |
| John Chisholm |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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Chairman of QinetiQ |
| Gary L. Convis |
Business |
22-Sep-1942 |
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky |
| Ivor J. Evans |
Business |
c. 1943 |
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Vice Chairman of Union Pacific, 2004-05 |
| Jack Fletcher |
Photographer |
? |
31-Dec-2003 |
National Geographic photographer |
| Larry Flynt |
Business |
1-Nov-1942 |
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Publisher of HUSTLER |
| Dale W. Jorgenson |
Economist |
7-May-1933 |
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Economist at Harvard |
| Richard Kovacevich |
Business |
30-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Wells Fargo |
| Karl J. Krapek |
Business |
1948 |
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COO of United Technologies, 1999-2002 |
| Kathleen Ligocki |
Business |
c. 1956 |
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CEO of Tower Automotive, 2003-07 |
| Stephen Lynch |
Politician |
31-Mar-1955 |
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Congressman, Massachusetts 9th |
| Ray Nagin |
Politician |
11-Jun-1956 |
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Mayor of New Orleans |
| Stanley O'Neal |
Business |
7-Oct-1951 |
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CEO of Merrill Lynch, 2002-07 |
| Marissa T. Peterson |
Business |
c. 1961 |
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Former EVP, Sun Microsystems |
| John C. Pope |
Business |
c. 1950 |
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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 |
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CEO of C. R. Bard |
| Virginia M. Rometty |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Senior VP at IBM |
| Walter M. Rosebrough, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1954 |
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CEO of Steris |
| Harry Stonecipher |
Business |
16-May-1936 |
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CEO of Boeing, 2003-05 |
| Tracey T. Travis |
Business |
c. 1962 |
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CFO of Polo Ralph Lauren |
| Jane L. Warner |
Business |
c. 1948 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Colbert Report |
| Bob Dylan |
Musician |
24-May-1941 |
|
The Times They Are A-Changin' |
| Jeff Gordon |
Auto Racing |
4-Aug-1971 |
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Four-time Winston Cup winner |
| Sean Hannity |
Radio Personality |
30-Dec-1961 |
|
Hannity & Colmes |
| Steve Harvey |
Comic |
23-Nov-1956 |
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The Steve Harvey Show |
| Dennis Miller |
Comic |
3-Nov-1953 |
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SNL news anchor, born-again Republican |
| Erin Murphy |
Actor |
17-Jun-1964 |
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Tabitha on Bewitched |
| Bill O'Reilly |
Talk Show Host |
10-Sep-1949 |
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The O'Reilly Factor |
| Brian Posehn |
Comic |
6-Jul-1966 |
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Mr Show player |
| Kelly Ripa |
Actor |
2-Oct-1970 |
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Faith on Hope & Faith |
| Tiger Woods |
Golf |
30-Dec-1975 |
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Greatest living golfer |
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