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William C. Durant

1861 - 1947

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William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple marques – each seemingly independent, with different automobile lines – bound under a unified corporate holding company. Durant, along with Frederic L. Smith, co-founded General Motors, as well as Chevrolet with Louis Chevrolet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William C. Durant has received more than 1,164,852 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William C. Durant is the 150th most popular businessperson (up from 217th in 2019), the 1,669th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,702nd in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, William C. Durant ranks 150 out of 601Before him are Larry Silverstein, Jawed Karim, Giovanni Battista Caproni, Shibusawa Eiichi, Christina Onassis, and Melitta Bentz. After him are Al-Waleed bin Talal, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, John Sculley, Massimo Moratti, Chaleo Yoovidhya, and Vincenzo Lancia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, William C. Durant ranks 38Before him are Nettie Stevens, Solomon R. Guggenheim, Pierre Duhem, Nikolay Zelinsky, Luigi Facta, and Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal. After him are M. Visvesvaraya, John William Godward, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Michel Verne, Walter Simons, and Motilal Nehru. Among people deceased in 1947, William C. Durant ranks 57Before him are Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Franz Ritter von Epp, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Victor Serge, Slavko Kvaternik, and Hermine Reuss of Greiz. After him are Franz Seldte, Gusztáv Jány, Franz Xaver Schwarz, W. I. Thomas, Alice Keppel, and Alfredo Casella.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William C. Durant ranks 1,669 out of 18,182Before him are Don DeLillo (1936), Dave Mustaine (1961), Alan Kay (1940), Frank Stella (1936), Lee Remick (1935), and Ornette Coleman (1930). After him are Temple Grandin (1947), Matthew Perry (1969), Jennifer Grey (1960), Sonny Bono (1935), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), and Gary Busey (1944).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, William C. Durant ranks 55Before him are Roy O. Disney (1893), Johns Hopkins (1795), Martha Stewart (1941), Reed Hastings (1960), Larry Silverstein (1931), and Christina Onassis (1950). After him are John Sculley (1939), Eric Schmidt (1955), Melinda Gates (1964), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Phil Knight (1938), and Malcolm Glazer (1928).