One hundred and sixteen years ago this week, William Crapo (yes, really) Durant founded General Motors in the hopes of creating a large conglomerate that could scoop up all the smaller automotive ...

READ ON THE FOX BUSINESS APP General Motors was founded by businessman William Durant. THE HISTORY OF CVS: FROM SMALL MASSACHUSETTS RETAILER TO A LEADING HEALTH SOLUTIONS COMPANY Before General ...

GM founder William C. Durant bought the three-acre city block in 1919. He had it professionally landscaped and then donated ...

General Motors has been around for a long time — 117 years, in fact, as of the date of this writing in 2025. It was founded as a holding company by William C. Durant in September of 1908 ...

Notably, The Durant Guild honors automotive industry pioneer and GM founder William “Billy” Durant. In fact, GM says this new branch of its China business pays homage to Durant’s fearless ...

General Motors said it has "decided to restructure the Durant Guild and correspondingly optimize GM China’s operations" because of "significant changes to economic conditions." ...

there was William Crapo Durant. Billy Durant, as he was known, built one of the world’s biggest makers of horse-drawn carriages, bought control of Buick, co-founded General Motors, was forced ...