William C. Durant
Businessperson, Organization founder
1861 – 1947
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Who was William C. Durant?
William Crapo "Billy" Durant was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, who created the system of multi-brand holding companies with different lines of cars; and the co-founder of General Motors with Frederic L. Smith, and of Chevrolet with Louis Chevrolet.
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- Born
- Dec 8, 1861
Boston - Also known as
- William Durant
- William “Billy” Durant
- Children
- Ethnicity
- French American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Boston
- Flint
- Died
- Mar 18, 1947
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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