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