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1. www.carsforsale.com › pop-culture › louis-chevroletLouis Chevrolet & William Durant: The Founding of Chevy

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   Nov 3, 2022 · On November 3, 1911, the Chevrolet Motor Car Company was created. Louis-Jean Chevrolet, his brother Arthur Chevrolet, William Durant, Michigan automaker William Little, and Durant’s son-in-law were all involved in the creation and financing. Louis became the president of the company.

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2. www.historyonawhim.com › articles › william-c-durantWilliam C. Durant: Builder of the General Motor’s Empire

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   Jun 10, 2021 · He founded the automotive giant that would later become General Motors, first by manufacturing shock-absorbing carriage seats to later absorbing major corporations in automotive manufacturing. Durant is usually overshadowed by automotive pioneer Henry Ford, especially in Michigan.

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   Who was William C Durant?

   • William C. Durant had only founded General Motors itself in September 1908 to act as an umbrella company as he expanded his automotive empire. You may or may not have heard of Mr. Durant, but his prominence in the early days of American-made automobiles can’t be understated.

   GMC and Chevy: The Rise and Fall of William C. Durant

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   Who was Billy Durant?

   • His career was covered extensively by biographers, like Madsen as mentioned before, Lawrence Gustin in Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors and Bernard Weisberger’s The Dream Maker: William C. Durant, Founder of General Motors.

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   Who founded General Motors?

   • He founded the automotive giant that would later become General Motors, first by manufacturing shock-absorbing carriage seats to later absorbing major corporations in automotive manufacturing. Durant is usually overshadowed by automotive pioneer Henry Ford, especially in Michigan.

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   How did John Durant gain control of General Motors?

   • Over the next few years, Durant would carefully play his hand in the stock market, devising a plan to slowly regain control of General Motors, using Chevrolet as his weapon of choice. By investing his profits from Chevy into General Motors stock, he became a prominent shareholder in the company once more.

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4. journal.classiccars.com › 2013/01/12 › williamWilliam Durant: the General of General Motors | ClassicCars ...

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   Jan 12, 2013 · In his first act as Buick’s GM, Durant moved the Buick assembly operations briefly to Jackson, and then began construction on a large Buick complex in Flint. In three short years Buick led the U.S. automobile production by manufacturing 8,820 vehicles.

5. www.automotivehalloffame.org › honoree › william-durant» William Durant | Automotive Hall of Fame

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   Founded General Motors in 1908, transforming the nearly bankrupt Buick Motor Company and several small auto companies into an automotive empire. Established a business prototype still used by many successful motor vehicle companies.

6. www.geneseehistory.org › william-c-durantWilliam C. Durant - GENESEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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   William C. "Billy" Durant ( December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) The Man Who Invented The Future. He was a super salesman—maybe the best that ever lived. He was a marketer extraordinaire, perhaps the most prolific in industrial history.

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   Dec 3, 2021 · The success that it garnered turned many heads, such as William C. Durant, who saw big things for the small yet promising truck manufacturer. It wasn’t long after this when Durant decided he’d purchase their business and incorporate them into his new brand, General Motors.

8. wikicars.org › indexWilliam C. Durant - Wikicars

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   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.