American automobile engineer and executive (1925–2005)
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John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, most widely known for his work at General Motors and as founder ...
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Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 – August 18, 1940) was an American automotive industry executive and founder of Chrysler Corporation, now a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
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Ellen J. Kullman (born January 22, 1956) is an United States business executive. She was formerly Chair and Chief Executive Officer of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont") in Wilmington and ...
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Zora Arkus-Duntov (December 25, 1909 – April 21, 1996) was a Belgian-born American engineer whose work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname "Father of the Corvette." He is sometimes erroneously ...
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Harlow Herbert Curtice (August 15, 1893 – November 3, 1962) was an American auto industry executive who led General Motors (GM) from 1953 to 1958. As GM's chief, Curtice was selected as Man of the Year ...
American businessman and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet
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William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947), also known as Billy Durant, was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, who created a system in which a company held multiple ...
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Nobuyuki Idei (出井 伸之, Idei Nobuyuki; November 22, 1937 – June 2, 2022) is a Japanese businessman. He was chairman and group chief executive officer of Sony Corporation until 7 March 2005. He is a director ...
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Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876 – November 25, 1958) sometimes known as Charles "Boss" Kettering was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents. He was a founder ...
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Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 – September 26, 1961) was an American engineer and businessman who served as United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower ...
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Bo Inge Andersson (born in Falkenberg, Sweden, 16 October 1955) is a former Swedish officer, businessman and diplomat. He was the first non-Russian Chief Executive Officer at AVTOVAZ, where he was appointed ...
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Carl-Peter Edmund Moriz Forster (born 9 May 1954, in London), is an English-born German businessman. Forster was the group Chief Executive of Tata Motors between January 2010 and 9 September 2011.
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Elliot Marantette "Pete" Estes (January 7, 1916 – March 24, 1988) was an American automotive engineer and executive; he is best known as the fifteenth president of General Motors, from 1974 to 1981. He ...
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Marina von Neumann Whitman (born March 6, 1935) is an American economist, writer and former automobile executive. She is a Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the University of M ...
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George Richard "Rick" Wagoner Jr. (born February 9, 1953) is an American businessman and former chair and chief executive officer of General Motors. Wagoner resigned as chairman and CEO at General Motors ...
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John Jakob Raskob, KCSG (March 19, 1879 – October 15, 1950) was a financial executive and businessman for DuPont and General Motors, and the builder of the Empire State Building. He was chairman of the ...
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Pierre Samuel du Pont (January 15, 1870 – April 4, 1954) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist and member of the prominent du Pont family.
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Roger Bonham Smith (July 12, 1925 – November 29, 2007) was the chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990, and is widely known as the main subject of Michael Moore's 1989 d ...
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Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr. (October 22, 1900 – October 31, 1949) was an American businessman who served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman ...