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Volume. 24. Issue. 5. On March 18, 1947, at 2:15 A.M. , William Crapo Durant, founder of General Motors and Chevrolet and the “leading bull” in the great stock-market boom and crash of the late 1920’s, died at his New York City apartment with his wife and nurse in attendance. His last fortune had evaporated in the Depression of the 1930 ...
William Durant may refer to: Will Durant (1885–1981), historian and philosopher. William C. Durant (1861–1947), industrialist and founder of General Motors Corporation. William West Durant (1850–1934), architect and developer of camps in the Adirondack Great Camp style. William A. Durant (1866–1948), American politician in Oklahoma.
Cadillac Place. By Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org. General Motors founder William C. Durant bought a bunch of land 3 miles outside downtown and told Albert Kahn to design him a home worthy of his car company. This 15-story office complex at West Grand Boulevard and Second Avenue in New Center was the world’s second largest office building ...
William Crapo Durant was born on December 8, 1861, in Boston, Massachusetts. He dropped out of high school and worked a number of odd jobs, including in his grandfather’s lumberyard and as a cigar salesman. In 1886 Durant established a carriage company in Michigan, and in 1904 he took over the Buick Manufacturing Company.
William C. Durant did big things the big way: he overreached, but, until his final failure, he picked up the pieces time after time to confound his competitors. From a turbulent childhood in the small town of Flint, Michigan, to his phenomenal success in creating General Motors, Durant's meteoric career easily rivals the success stories of ...
Publisher's summary. William C. Durant built General Motors and contributed significantly to the growth of the world-wide automotive industry. This book presents the story of Durant's life and career. From a position of bringing together 25 firms under the GM banner in 1910, Durant subsequently lost his fortune on the Stock Market and died a ...
Durant and Chevrolet would would open the first Chevy factory in Flint, Michigan, at the corner of Wilcox and Kearsley St. Chevrolet would debut their first production model in 1913, at the New York Auto Show. The model they revealed was the Series C Classic Six–designed by Etienne Planche, and based on plans laid out by Louis Chevrolet.
