Formerly called
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General Motors Corporation |
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Public | |
Traded as | : GM S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | September 16, 1908 |
Founder |
William C. Durant Charles Stewart Mott Frederic L. Smith |
Headquarters | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
Number of locations
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396 facilities on six continents |
Area served
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Worldwide (except North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria) |
Key people
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Mary T. Barra (Chairman and CEO) Dan Ammann (President) |
Products |
Automobiles Automobile parts Commercial vehicles |
Production output
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9,958,000 vehicles (2015) |
Services | Vehicle financing |
Revenue | US$166.3 billion (2016) |
US$9.545 billion (2016) | |
US$9.427 billion (2016) | |
Total assets | US$221.6 billion (2016) |
Total equity | US$43.83 billion (2016) |
Number of employees
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215,000 (2016) |
Divisions |
Buick Chevrolet Cadillac GMC |
Subsidiaries |
List
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Website | www |
Footnotes / references |
General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services. With global headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, United States, GM manufactures cars and trucks in 35 countries. In 2008, 8.35 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under various brands. 10 million cars sold milestone was exceeded on 2016. Current auto brands are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, and Wuling. Former GM automotive brands include McLaughlin, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Hummer, Saab, Saturn, as well as Vauxhall, and Opel, which were bought by Groupe PSA in 2017.
The company was founded by William C. Durant on September 16, 1908 as a holding company. The company was the largest automobile manufacturer from 1931 through 2007.
In addition to brands selling assembled vehicles, GM has also had various automotive-component and non-automotive brands, many of which it divested in the 1980s through 2000s. These have included Euclid and Terex (earthmoving/construction/mining equipment & vehicles); Electro-Motive Diesel (locomotive, marine, and industrial diesel engines); Detroit Diesel (automotive and industrial diesel engines); Allison (Aircraft engines,transmissions, gas turbine engines); Frigidaire (Appliances including refrigeration and air conditioning); New Departure (bearings); Delco Electronics and ACDelco (electrical and electronic components); GMAC (finance); General Aviation and North American Aviation (airplanes); GM Defense (military vehicles); and Electronic Data Systems (information technology).