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William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple marques – each seemingly independent, with different automobile lines – bound under a unified corporate ...
- William Crapo Durant, December 9, 1861, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
William Crapo „Billy“ Durant (* 8. Dezember 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 18. März 1947 in Manhattan, New York City) war der Gründer des Automobilgroßkonzerns General Motors und des Automobilherstellers Chevrolet (in Partnerschaft mit Louis Chevrolet ).
13. März 2024 · William Crapo Durant 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 began to manufacture.
Yet, Durant, as a visionary, never lost his energy. He earned himself the nickname "Bull of the Bulls" on Wall Street and opened a bowling alley in one of the country’s first drive-in restaurants at the age of 78. Return to GM Heritage home. Read the story of the fearless spirit of GM Founder, William Durant.
10. Juni 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 ...
- Jesse Roberts
27. Juni 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.
The founder of General Motors, William Crapo Durant was born on December 8, 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts. He dropped out of high school to work at his grandfather’s lumberyard in Flint, Michigan.
