The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors

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  • Author : Axel Madsen
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780471395232
  • Edition : New edition
  • ISBN : 0471395234
  • Label : John Wiley & Sons
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : John Wiley & Sons
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 320
  • Package Dimensions : 1.02 inches (Height) x 9.13 inches (Length) x 1.15 pounds (Weight) x 6.06 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 2001-01-29
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • SKU : 903416851
  • Studio : John Wiley & Sons

Long before Ted Turner and Steve Case, a flamboyant dreamer named William Crapo Durant was assembling innovative corporate empires that would rival any. After growing a Flint, Michigan, carriage-maker into one of the biggest players in a booming industry, Durant got caught up in the automotive frenzy sweeping the world and in 1908 established General Motors by acquiring a stable of existing carmakers (including Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Pontiac) as well as parts companies and manufacturing plants. In The Deal Maker, experienced biographer Axel Madsen goes behind the scenes to also detail the financial setbacks that soon cost Durant control of GM, the partnership with Louis Chevrolet that led to formation of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company, his triumphant reestablishment at the top of GM (and second embarrassing fall from power), the formation and failure of his alternative automaker Durant Motor, and, finally, the enormous stock market victories he enjoyed before his complete financial destruction in the 1929 crash. The Durant that Madsen reveals is a business visionary truly worth getting to know, the "Great Gatsby of carmaking" who understood the big picture but lacked the personal patience and managerial skills necessary for long-term success. --Howard Rothman, Amazon.com

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