Mary barra is remaking gms cultureand the company itself to keep pace in the race to reinvent transportation, the general motors ceo is shaking up americas biggest car company. He led general motors through a very difficult period for the american automobile industry as the corporation tried. Why gm ceo mary barra killed chevrolet cars, approved plant. Smale, retired chairman and ceo, procter and gamble company. Mary barra mary teresa barra is the chairwoman and ceo of general motors company, a position she has held since january 15, 2014. General motors company common stock gm stock quotes nasdaq. Barra took over gm in the midst of the switchgate scandal, a decadelong coverup by the company involving faulty. New york stock quote general motors co bloomberg markets. General motors runs under the brand name holden in new zealand and australia.
Mary barra, the general motors ceo, is providing a leadership style that is rescuing gm and helping resurrect the american automotive industry. General motors was founded in 1908 by william billy durant, who had started out as a manufacturer of horsedrawn vehicles. But, as i write in my new book the phoenix and the unicorn, it also was horribly mismanaged at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. When called upon by president roosevelt to coordinate the retooling of the auto industry to world war ii production of massive amounts of armaments, big bill knudsen ceo of g. View historical gm stock price data to see stock performance over time. Leadership theory of mary barra s leadership style bartleby. Sloan is seen as the first person to have worked out systematic organisation in a big company, planning and strategy, measurements, the principle of decentralisation in short, basic concepts of a discipline of management. August 12, 2010 ceo ed whitacre announces that he will be stepping down on september 1, 2010. Its major products include automobiles and trucks, automotive components, and engines.
Barra took over gm in the midst of the switchgate scandal, a decadelong. It was originally a holding company for buick owned by william c. General motors ceo rick wagoner gave the first keynote address from the head of an automobile manufacturer in the 41year history of the consumer electronics show on. She was elected chairman of the gm board of directors on january 4, 2016, and has served as ceo. Mary barra is chairman and chief executive officer of general motors company. He oversaw such automotive advancements as fourwheel brakes and ethyl gasoline. I have to think this is one for the record books, general motors ceo mary barra said when asked if the automaker had ever undertaken such a large project this quickly.
Detroit mary barra has only been chairman and ceo of general motors for three years, but the company she leads today is vastly different from the one she. For fans of management books, this month marks a big anniversary. Chairman, president and chief executive officer lockheed martin corporation. It was the largest industrial bankruptcy in history. As barra nears her fiveyear anniversary as gm ceo, the full scope of her imprint on the nations largest automaker is. In 2010, we rebranded as ally financial and transformed our auto finance business into ally auto a premier independent finance provider offering dealers of many vehicle makes, including rvs, the most comprehensive suite of products and services available. My life and work, henry ford ford motor company, 1922. Billy, alfred, and general motors audiobook by william. Untitled autobiography of andrew carnegie, andrew carnegie carnegie steel, 1920. Road to power is the story of how mary barra drove herself to the pinnacle of a. General motors named mary barra as ceo in january 2014.
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Founded in 1908, gm rose to dominate the us auto industry. This information is according to proxy statements filed for the. Durant, a highschool dropout, had made his fortune building horse. Gm ceo says suppliers have moved mountains as companies. A list of notable books written by ceos, about ceos and business. Patrick wright wrote a book named on a clear day you can see general motors. Dec 30, 2018 general motors is the object of suburban dinnertable scorn, wrote harvard management guru rosabeth moss kanter in her influential 1984 book, change masters. General motors simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Interesting facts about general motors did you know cars. Founded in 1908 as a holding company in flint, michigan, as of 2012 it employs approximately 209,000. Its more a business history of the early years of general motors, from the viewpoint of its. Mar 31, 2009 general motors corporation president and chief operating officer fritz henderson held his first news conference as interim chief executive officer following the administrations request for rick. The book includes vivid, wartsandall portraits of the legends of the golden age of the automobile, from. As chairman and chief executive officer at general motors co, mary t. Mary barra assumes combined chairman and ceo position at general motors. General motors ceo mary barra may offer the fresh leadership needed to solve the companys recall crisis, but her decadeslong career. General motors has hosted 5 events in the cspan video library. General motors is home to buick, cadillac, gmc and chevrolet. This made barra the first woman to be appointed in charge of a major car maker. Short of being the ceo of a giant corporation, it is hard to get an appreciation of whats. Durant, the general motors company was founded in 1908 to consolidate several motorcar companies producing buick, oldsmobile, cadillac, oakland later pontiac, ewing, marquette, and other autos as well as reliance and rapid trucks.
To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. On december 10, 20, gm named her to succeed dan akerson as chief executive officer, and prior to that, barra served as the executive vice president of global product. Investors saw it as a sign of strength that gm didnt. Buy my years with general motors reissue by sloan, alfred p. For general motors, is mary barra a problem or the solutution. It was the september 1973 story in fortune magazine that turned heads at the general motors corporation, then the worlds largest automaker. On june 1, 2009, the company declared bankruptcy and received assistance from the federal government, emerging from bankruptcy in under 40 days as general motors company. Jan 04, 2016 mary barra assumes combined chairman and ceo position at general motors. Mary barra is remaking gms cultureand the company itself. It is more a book about what sloan and his contemporaries at general motors did and why they did it. Gms layoffs can be traced to its quest to turn people into.
Motors during the early twentieth century and served as the companys ceo. But it declined in the 1980s and 1990s, and in 2009 it was bailed out and went bankrupt. The history of general motors gm, one of the worlds largest car and truck manufacturers, dates to more than a century and involves a vast scope of industrial activity around the world, mostly focused on motorized transportation and the engineering and manufacturing that make it possible. General motors profile, history, founder, founded, ceo. Jack welch ruled general electric from 1981 to 2001. Alfred sloan was the ceo of general motors from 1923 to 1946 when. General motors works in many parts of asia like china, india, indonesia, etc. Mary barra, the ceo of general motors, is one of the leaders i most admire. About general motors company llc gm was founded in 1908 as the general motors corporation. Biography and booking information for mary barra, ceo of general motors. Barra is a graduate of electrical engineering at kettering university, formerly known as general motors institute. Find the latest news about gm automotive innovations, investor relations and more. It was founded in 1908 by a man named billy durant.
November 19, 1935 march 1, 2020 was an american business executive, chemical engineer, and writer. Less than two years later, he was elected chairman of the board of general motors and chief executive of the corporation. Contact all american speakers bureau to inquire about speaking fees and availability, and book the best keynote speaker for your next event. He was chairman and ceo of general electric ge between 1981 and 2001. Girsky also served as managing director at morgan stanley and a senior analyst of the morgan stanley automotive and auto parts research team. Learn about our companys rich history and dedication to community, sustainability and personal mobility efforts. Mary barra assumes combined chairman and ceo role at gm. Founded in 1908 as a holding company in flint, michigan, as of 2012 it employs approximately 209,000 people around the world.
How gms mary barra shattered the glass ceiling bloomberg. Chairman and chief executive officer general motors company. Welcome to the official general motors facebook page. Historical price to book ratio values for general motors gm over the last 10 years. The history of general motors gm, one of the worlds largest car and truck manufacturers. General motors gm was formed in 1908 as a holding company for buick. Throughout general electric s past, each of the ge presidents has had a restless drive for business growth, technology innovation and a better world. New york including stock price, stock chart, company news, key statistics, fundamentals and company profile.
On december 10, 20, barra was named by gm to succeed dan akerson as chief executive officer. The current price to book ratio for general motors as of april 17, 2020 is 0. A long history of the company is associated with egypt when the company began assembling the cars there in 1920s. It was fifty years ago that alfred sloans now classic my years with general motors hit bookstores, and immediately appeared on. The gmc brand is one of few of the original makes that have survived into the 21st century. Billy, alfred, and general motors is the tale not just of the two extraordinary men of its title but also of the formative decades of 20thcentury america, through two world wars and sea changes in business, industry, politics, and culture. Dec 10, 20 general motors promotes mary barra to ceo, replacing dan akerson. Read general motors stories and board of directors member profiles. Gm is an icon of american entrepreneurship, firmly woven throughout the fabric of the u. Nyse realtime stock quotes, news and financial information from cnbc. How general motors was built into the largest corporation in the world. She is the first female ceo of a major global automaker. Sloan was the ceo of general motors in its early beginnings, and he went through all the stages of the growth, going bust, growth and then consolidation of the beginning when some companies were creating mechanical horses no kidding to the 60s, when he retired. During the companys early years, durant went on a shopping spree for automobile manufacturers.
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