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  2. www.nytimes.com › elon-musk-william-durantElon Musk Wouldn’t Be the First Car Company Founder to Flame Out

    Apr 22, 2024 · Billy Durant, as he was known, built one of the world’s biggest makers of horse-drawn carriages, bought control of Buick, co-founded General Motors, was forced out of General Motors, co-founded...

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  4. dnyuz.com › 2024/04/22 › elon-musk-wouldnt-be-theElon Musk Wouldn’t Be the First Car Company Founder ... - DNyuz

    Apr 22, 2024 · Before there was Elon Musk, there was William Crapo Durant. Billy Durant, as he was known, built one of the world’s biggest makers of horse-drawn carriages, bought control of Buick, co-founded General Motors, was forced out of General Motors, co-founded Chevrolet, regained control of General Motors, speculated on stocks, lost control of ...

  5. www.hagerty.com › media › buying-and-sellingThis 1914 Series H Chevrolet Is a Piece of Rolling History

    Apr 18, 2024 · Former Buick co-owner and General Motors founder Billy Durant, along with Swiss émigré Louis Chevrolet, incorporated The Chevrolet Motor Company on November 3, 1911. Other partners included Chevrolet’s brother, Arthur, and investors William H. Little; Buick’s other co-owner, James H. Whiting; and Durant’s son-in-law, Dr. Edwin R. Campbell.

  6. www.britannica.com › money › Walter-P-ChryslerWalter P. Chrysler | Automotive Pioneer, Industrialist ...

    Apr 17, 2024 · In 1915, when William (“Billy”) Durant, the GM founder, returned to run the company, he took note of Chrysler’s achievements, and in 1916 he made him president of Buick. Under Chrysler’s leadership, Buick became the strongest unit of General Motors and the most successful automobile brand in the country.

  7. kenoshanews.com › news › 100-years-ago-the-creation100 years ago: The creation of Nash Motors Co. - Kenosha News

    A staunch conservative in management style, he was elevated to head of General Motors in 1910 by a group of bankers who were convinced he could turn around the struggling company. He was hired at...

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  9. me.mashable.com › transportation › 40901The case for Tesla without Musk - Transportation

    Apr 23, 2024 · Since 2018, Blank has been gathering converts to this comparison between Musk and Billy Durant, the erratic entrepreneur who lost control of General Motors (twice!) a century ago. "Durant's...

  10. mashable.com › article › tesla-without-elon-muskTesla's in trouble. Is Elon Musk the problem? | Mashable

    Apr 23, 2024 · Since 2018, Blank has been gathering converts to this comparison between Musk and Billy Durant, the erratic entrepreneur who lost control of General Motors (twice!) a century ago.

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