Alfred P Sloan, Jr.
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., was born in 1875 and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology at twenty. Four year later he was general manager of the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company, and when Hyatt was combined with several other automotive suppliers to form the United Motors Corporation Mr. Sloan was named president of the new company. In 1918 United Motors became a part of General Motors, and Mr. Sloan joined G. M. as a director and vice president. He was made president and chief executive...See more
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., was born in 1875 and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology at twenty. Four year later he was general manager of the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company, and when Hyatt was combined with several other automotive suppliers to form the United Motors Corporation Mr. Sloan was named president of the new company. In 1918 United Motors became a part of General Motors, and Mr. Sloan joined G. M. as a director and vice president. He was made president and chief executive officer in 1923 and was elected board chairman in 1937. Mr. Sloan has been honorary chairman since 1956. He founded and has endowed the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, of which he is chairman, and was co-founder of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. See less
Alfred P Sloan, Jr.'s Featured Books
Alfred P Sloan, Jr. book reviews
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My Years with General Motors
by Humpy, Mar 19, 2007
The management guru, Peter Drucker commented the best book ever written on management he had ever read. This book details the precise experience of Alfred Sloan and the General Motors, written ... Read More