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Story of GM Founder, William Durant. The story of General Motors begins in Flint, Michigan, where, in 1886, William Crapo “Billy” Durant and Josiah Dallas Dort formed the Flint Road Cart Company and began building horse-drawn carriages. The company would become known as the Durant-Dort Carriage Company.
By 1900, William C. Durant's Durant-Dort Carriage Company of Flint, Michigan, had become the largest manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles in the United States. Durant was averse to automobiles, but fellow Flint businessman James H. Whiting, owner of Flint Wagon Works, sold him the Buick Motor Company in 1904.
Samuel McLaughlin. Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin, CC ED CD (September 8, 1871 – January 6, 1972) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He started the McLaughlin Motor Car Company in 1907, one of the first major automobile manufacturers in Canada, which evolved into General Motors of Canada .
Apr 24, 2012 · William Durant, founder of General Motors, was called “King of the Bulls.” In October of 1929, he would lose millions in a desperate, single-handed effort to stop the stock market crash.
Oct 13, 2022 · Information about William Crapo Durant from Wikipedia: . 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.
Cadillac Place. By Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org. General Motors founder William C. Durant bought a bunch of land 3 miles outside downtown and told Albert Kahn to design him a home worthy of his car company. This 15-story office complex at West Grand Boulevard and Second Avenue in New Center was the world’s second largest office building ...
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 marques – each seemingly independent, with different automobile lines – bound under a unified corporate holding company.
