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A biography of William Durant, the daring entrepreneur who bought the faltering Buick Motor Company and co-founded General Motors Company before his financial gambles lost him the presidency of GM and led to bankruptcy.
Sep 6, 1999 · The roller-coaster life of the flamboyant creator of General Motors 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.
Jan 21, 2001 · The book features GM founder William C. "Willie" Durant and how he, with wonderful imagination, put together America's largest auto company. The knew how to "make a deal" and did so bringing disparate entities together to form GM.
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. [17] 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]
William Crapo "Billy" Durant (8 Desember 1861 – 18 Maret 1947) adalah pionir dari industri otomotif Amerika Serikat, pendiri dari General Motors dan Chevrolet yang membuat sistem perusahaan multi merek dengan berbagai jajaran kendaraan.
William Crapo "Billy" Durant (December 8, 1861–March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, the founder of General Motors and Chevrolet who created the system of multi-brand holding companies with different lines of cars.
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.
