Businessmen William C. Durant

William C. Durant

Living place: Boston

Birthday: 8-12-1861

Global rank: #63117

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Who is Businessmen William C. Durant?
Founder of General Motors who created some of the most enduring auto brands in the world.
His first auto purchases included David's Buick car company, quickly followed by the Olds Corporation and more than two dozen others.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He bought a shipping company, using family money, and expanded it to one of the largest suppliers of carriages in the country.

Family life info

His father was a rich speculative banker and stockbroker, and his grandfather on his mother's side was a railroad magnate and a one-time governor of Michigan.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Businessmen William C. Durant?
He founded the Chevrolet car company after leaving GM, named after Louis Chevrolet who was the engineer of its first model.

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When was Businessmen William C. Durant born?
William C. Durant was born in 8-12-1861, death year is , at the age of 163.
Where is Businessmen William C. Durant's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
William C. Durant was born in Boston, Massachusetts- United States. is a Businessmen, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. William C. Durant's global rank is 63117 and whose rank is 857 in list of famous Businessmen.
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Events in 1861 and 8-12

Birthday William C. Durant (8-12) in history

  • Day 8-12 year 1854: Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
  • Day 8-12 year 1886: The American Federation of Labor was founded at a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio.
  • Day 8-12 year 1941: Congress declared war on Japan and the U.S. entered World War II.
  • Day 8-12 year 1949: Communist attacks forced the Chinese Nationalist government to flee to the island of Formosa (Taiwan).
  • Day 8-12 year 1978: Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir died.
  • Day 8-12 year 1980: John Lennon, former member of the Beatles, was shot and killed in New York City by a deranged fan.
  • Day 8-12 year 1987: President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the first treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.
  • Day 8-12 year 1993: President Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law.
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