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Jun 10, 2021 · Despite being raised by a doctor, Durant dropped out of high school, and after working at his grandfather's lumber yard, he worked as a Cigar Salesman in Flint. According to a biographer, Axel Madsen, in The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant made General Motors, Durant was an adept salesman from a young age. He traveled extensively around ...
William C. Durant founded General Motors in 1908. Originally intended as a holding company for the Buick Car Company, within two years Durant brought some of the biggest names in the automotive industry, including Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Oakland (later known as Pontiac) and the predecessors of GMC Truck.In 1910, Durant lost control of the company to a banker’s trust as a result
William C. Durant. manufacturer. Born: 12/8/1861. Birthplace: Boston, Mass. He quit high school to begin work in his grandfather's Flint, Michigan, lumberyard. By 1885 he had organized the Flint Road Cart Company, which would become a leading manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages. When the Buick Motor Car Company was failing in 1904, Durant ...
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]
May 1, 1996 · William C. Durant's name is prominently recalled in Michigan historical markers in front of the old Durant-Dort Carriage Co. headquarters (restored a few years ago as a National Historic Landmark ...
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 ...
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 ...
