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Mary Barra

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Mary Teresa Barra (née Makela; born December 24, 1961) is an American businesswoman who has been the chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors since January 15, 2014. She is the first female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker. In December 2013, GM named her to succeed Daniel Akerson as CEO. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Barra has received more than 2,197,921 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Mary Barra is the 453rd most popular businessperson (up from 479th in 2019), the 6,276th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,258th in 2019) and the 148th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 47.07

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  • 31

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  • 3.78

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  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mary Barra ranks 453 out of 601Before her are Eike Batista, Herman Cain, Andrew Planche, Guy Kawasaki, Hermann Josef Abs, and Victor Pinchuk. After her are Anders Frisk, Suleyman Kerimov, Trip Hawkins, Samuel Cunard, Eli Lilly, and Gregory Olsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Mary Barra ranks 198Before her are Oleksandr Zavarov, Antonia San Juan, Daniele Gatti, Fatou Bensouda, Carlos Vives, and Saskia Esken. After her are Joanne Whalley, Randy Jackson, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Anders Järryd, Alexander Payne, and Todd Haynes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Barra ranks 6,276 out of 18,182Before her are Jessica Drake (1974), Charles Stark Draper (1901), Mel Ramos (1935), Washington Allston (1779), Krysten Ritter (1981), and Jim Dine (1935). After her are Harriet Quimby (1875), Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949), Luther Allison (1939), Jay Garner (1938), Ted Raimi (1965), and Pat O'Brien (1899).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Mary Barra ranks 148Before her are Jerry Buss (1933), Helen Walton (1919), James Buchanan Duke (1856), Milton S. Hershey (1857), Herman Cain (1945), and Guy Kawasaki (1954). After her are Trip Hawkins (1953), Eli Lilly (1838), Gregory Olsen (1945), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), Teddy Mayer (1935), and Jay Gould (1836).

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