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1907–1929 GM's headquarters from 1923 until 1996, a National Historic Landmark, is now Cadillac Place state office building.. General Motors was capitalized by R. S. McLaughlin William C. Durant on September 16, 1907, with 500,000 Shares of McLaughlin Carriage for 500,000 shares of Buick stock, as a holding company.
William C. Durant's father was a successful banker and stock speculator, and his maternal grandfather, Henry Howland Crapo, was a lumber and railroad magnate who was Mayor of Flint when Durant was born and later became Governor of Michigan.
- December 8, 1861
- March 18, 1947
Apr 24, 2012 · The Crash of 1929 captures the unbounded optimism of the age, ... Aristo Scrobogna, Secretary to William C. Durant: He was just at the apotheosis, at the maximum of his power. He managed ...
May 5, 2022 · William Crapo Durant was born on December 8, 1861, in Boston, Massachusetts, to William and Rebecca Durant. His mother came from a wealthy French family from Massachusetts, but Durant spent what historians call a “turbulent” childhood in Flint, Michigan. By the time he reached high school, he had little interest in his studies and ...
By 1900, William C. Durant's Durant-Dort Carriage Company of Flint, Michigan had become the largest manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles in the United States. Durant was averse to automobiles, but fellow Flint businessman James H. Whiting , owner of Flint Wagon Works , sold him the Buick Motor Company in 1904. [18]
Durant, William Crapo, 1861-1947, General Motors Corporation -- History, Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography, General Motors Corporation, Businessmen Publisher Boston : Little, Brown Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English
Sep 16, 2023 · September 16, 1908 – The birth of General Motors. Buick Motor Car company owner William C. Durant leveraged an engine supply deal with McLaughlin Motor Car Company of Canada to found General Motors on this day in 1908. In the beginning, the Detroit headquartered GM , which positioned it self as an automotive holding company, had only Buick ...
