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The company was renamed General Motors of Canada Ltd., with R.S. ("Colonel Sam") McLaughlin as its first president and his brother George as vice-president allied with the Corporation 1919. [7] Superior Court of Ontario Canada documents show the corporation as indirect parent of General Motors of Canada Limited.
After becoming President of the Pontiac Division in 1961, he oversaw a dramatic increase in sales. He became President of the Chevrolet Division in 1965, executive Vice President of General Motors in 1972, and served as President of GM from 1974 to his retirement from the company in 1981. Estes was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1999.
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General Motors Corporation was started at this time with Durant putting Pierre du Pont in charge, with McLaughlin Director and Vice President of the newly incorporated General Motors Corporation in 1918. The venture proved highly successful for Durant, and he was able to buy enough shares in GM to regain control, becoming its president in 1916.
[10] where he was a significant figure in the success of the company and was noted for building a sizeable personal investment in the company as well as supporting John J. Raskob's proposal for DuPont to invest in the automobile company. [11] In 1920, he became president of General Motors succeeding William C. Durant, [12] and resigned in 1923 ...
Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. (/ s l oʊ n / SLOHN; May 23, 1875 – February 17, 1966) was an American business executive in the automotive industry.He was a long-time president, chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation. [2]
Roger Bonham Smith (July 12, 1925 – November 29, 2007) was the chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990, and is widely known as the main subject of Michael Moore's 1989 documentary film Roger & Me. Smith seemed to be the last of the old-line GM chairmen, a conservative anonymous bureaucrat, resisting change.
Knudsen was president of the Chevrolet Division of General Motors from 1924 [13] to 1937 and was president of General Motors from 1937 [13] to 1940. Under his leadership at Chevrolet, the division generated the greatest revenue of any GM division. [12]