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The following is a list of chief executive officers of notable companies. The list also includes lead executives with a position corresponding to chief executive officer (CEO), such as managing director (MD), and any concurrent positions held. Companies with a revenue of at least US$ 10 billion are included in the list.
Mary Teresa Barra (née Makela; born December 24, 1961) is an American businesswoman who has been the chair [1] and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors since January 15, 2014. [2] She is the first female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker. [3] [4] [5] In December 2013, GM named her to succeed Daniel Akerson as CEO. [3]
Mary Barra's first year on the job as the first woman ever to lead a global automaker was about as rough as a CEO’s first year can be. Barra, a General Motors lifer, took the helm at GM in ...
The company was called Al-Mansour Automotive. In 1984, GM opened its first factory in Egypt, and 1985 the first GM vehicle was produced in the country. [4] Al-Mansour Automotive gained rights to sell GM cars in Africa, and eventually became the largest GM dealership in the world. [3]
GM's near-term future plans were part of a broad-reaching, and often irreverent, 40-minute interview Barra gave to David Rubenstein, chairman of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
It was made possible by transition to the modern GM GEM aggregate platform (Global Emerging Markets is the automotive platform of the American GM). As a result, Uzbekistan has become the second largest manufacturer of Chevrolet cars in the world, became the second most important market for the brand (ahead of Brazil, Mexico and even China), and ...
Barra, who ranks No. 1 on this year’s Fortune Most Powerful Women list, came into the job in early 2014, just in time for one of GM’s biggest crises. A few weeks into the role, GM recalled ...
Frederick Henderson resigned as the CEO of General Motors on December 1, 2009. He replaced Rick Wagoner as CEO of GM when Wagoner stepped down after serving in that position for eight years, at the request of President Barack Obama [1] in relation to the General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization. Henderson assumed the new position on March 31 ...