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Dec 16, 2008 · Gerald Perschbacher. Dec 16, 2008. William C. Durant. Because of a national economic crisis and flamboyant leadership, General Motors was placed at risk in 1920. But its recovery became legendary. When the First World War ended in November of 1918, millions of Americans who had been drafted into military service were quickly returned home.
Jun 27, 2018 · The American industrialist William Crapo Durant (1861-1947) was the founder of General Motors, an automobile manufacturing company. William C. Durant was born in Boston, Mass., on Dec. 8, 1861. He grew up in Flint, Mich., where he became a leading carriage manufacturer. In 1886 he organized the Durant-Dort Company and helped to make Flint the ...
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Volume. 24. Issue. 5. On March 18, 1947, at 2:15 A.M. , William Crapo Durant, founder of General Motors and Chevrolet and the “leading bull” in the great stock-market boom and crash of the late 1920’s, died at his New York City apartment with his wife and nurse in attendance. His last fortune had evaporated in the Depression of the 1930 ...
Jun 10, 2021 · One of the foremost businessmen to come out of age during the first thirty years of the twentieth-century is William Crapo Durant. Growing up in Flint, Michigan I can attest to the effect Durant had on the area. He founded the automotive giant that would later become General Motors, first by manufacturing shock-absorbing carriage seats to later ...
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William Crapo Durant (born Dec. 8, 1861, Boston—died March 18, 1947, New York City) was an American industrialist and founder of General Motors Corporation, which later became one of the largest corporations in the world in terms of sales. After establishing a carriage company in Michigan in 1886, Durant took over a small firm in 1903 and ...
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
William C. "Billy" durant. 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. He was a genius with organizational development, a master talent scout, and most ...
