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1. www.gm.com › heritage › durantStory of GM Founder William Durant | General Motors

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   So I built it." Together they founded Chevrolet Motor Company in 1911, named after Louis Chevrolet. It launched two models in 1914 with the first valve-in-head engine, which drew many potential Ford Model T buyers. Chevrolets sold very well. Durant had kept his shares of GM stock and continued to purchase more.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_CWilliam C. Durant - Wikipedia

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   When Durant became financially overextended and banking interests assumed control, forcing him out of GM Holding, in 1910, he immediately set out to create "another GM", starting with the Little car, named after its founder, William H. Little.

3. automotivehistory.org › september-16-1908-theSeptember 16, 1908 - The birth of General Motors - This Day ...

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   Sep 16, 2024 · In 1911, after being forced out of GM, Durant co-founded Chevrolet Motor Company with Louis Chevrolet. In 1916, after a stock buying campaign, Chevrolet came to own 54.5% of GM stock, putting Durant back in the driver’s seat of the holding company he founded.

4. www.historyonawhim.com › articles › william-c-durantWilliam C. Durant: Builder of the General Motor’s Empire

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   Jun 10, 2021 · He founded the automotive giant that would later become General Motors, first by manufacturing shock-absorbing carriage seats to later absorbing major corporations in automotive manufacturing. Durant is usually overshadowed by automotive pioneer Henry Ford, especially in Michigan.

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5. www.britannica.com › money › William-Crapo-DurantWilliam Crapo Durant | Founder, Automaker, Entrepreneur ...

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   He brought together several automotive manufacturers to form the General Motors Company in 1908, but financial problems cost him control of the company in 1910. With Louis Chevrolet, however, he established the Chevrolet Motor Company, which acquired control of General Motors in 1915.

6. carlifenation.com › gmc-and-chevy-the-rise-andGMC and Chevy: The Rise and Fall of William C. Durant

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   Dec 3, 2021 · GMC was formed from the merger of the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company and the Reliance Motor Car Company, two small truck manufacturers that had been bought out by General Motors in 1908. William C. Durant had only founded General Motors itself in September 1908 to act as an umbrella company as he expanded his automotive empire.

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   Who was William C Durant?

   • William C. Durant had only founded General Motors itself in September 1908 to act as an umbrella company as he expanded his automotive empire. You may or may not have heard of Mr. Durant, but his prominence in the early days of American-made automobiles can’t be understated.

   GMC and Chevy: The Rise and Fall of William C. Durant

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   How did John Durant gain control of General Motors?

   • Over the next few years, Durant would carefully play his hand in the stock market, devising a plan to slowly regain control of General Motors, using Chevrolet as his weapon of choice. By investing his profits from Chevy into General Motors stock, he became a prominent shareholder in the company once more.

   GMC and Chevy: The Rise and Fall of William C. Durant

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   Who was Billy Durant?

   • His career was covered extensively by biographers, like Madsen as mentioned before, Lawrence Gustin in Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors and Bernard Weisberger’s The Dream Maker: William C. Durant, Founder of General Motors.

   William C. Durant: Builder of the General Motor’s Empire

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   Did Durant buy Ford Motor Company?

   • The latter two being the predecessors to GMC. That same year, Durant initiated an attempt to purchase Ford Motor Company for $8 million. Henry Ford agreed, but the payment had to be under his terms and made in solid gold.

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8. durantfoundation.orgDurant Motors Automobile Museum Foundation Inc.

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   In 1921 Durant left General Motors and started the Durant Motors Automobile Company Inc., producing automobiles under the name of Durant, Star, Flint, Mason and acquired the automobile company Locomobile in 1922.