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American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954. At the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history.
He was elected to the company's board of directors later that same year. [5] On March 23, 1986, Cappy was named president and chief executive officer of American Motors. [6] On March 9, 1987, Chrysler purchased AMC for about $1.5 billion ($4,022,847,100 in 2023 dollars [7]). [8]
George Walter Mason (March 12, 1891 – October 8, 1954) was an American industrialist. During his career Mason served as the chairman and CEO of the Kelvinator Corporation (1928-1937), chairman and CEO of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation (1937-1954), and chairman and CEO of American Motors Corporation (1954).
He died of stomach cancer aged 49. Henry Ford temporarily reassumed the presidency of Ford on Edsel's death, then Edsel's eldest son, Henry Ford II, succeeded Henry as president of Ford in 1945. He was also a member of the board of directors of American IG, the American subsidiary of the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben.
Evans is credited with turning the company around from the strategy of matching the Big Three American automakers (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler) nearly model for model that was promoted by Roy Abernethy. American Motors struggled during 1966, a year considered "the biggest auto boom in history," and was counting on its redesigned 1967 ...
Abraham Edward Barit [1] (August 30, 1890 – July 14, 1974) was an American industrialist who served as the president and CEO of the Hudson Motor Car Company from 1936 to 1954 when Hudson merged with Nash Motors to form American Motors Corporation (AMC). Barit served on the board of AMC following the merger of the two automakers.
On October 20, 1978, Tippett was named president of American Motors Corporation. As president, Tippett was the company's number two officer and oversaw almost all vehicle-making operations. [ 4 ] In 1982, with AMC's partnership with Renault struggling to succeed, chairman and chief executive officer Gerald C. Meyers left the company and Tippett ...
Roy Dikeman Chapin Sr. (February 23, 1880 – February 16, 1936) was an American industrialist and a co-founder of Hudson Motor Company, the predecessor of American Motors Corporation. He also served as the United States secretary of commerce from August 8, 1932, to March 3, 1933, during the final months of the administration of President ...