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Best visionary? Marchionne
… to "Best visionary" because he is an example of vision and execution in a single person. However, I would keep Jack Smith in all the "worst" categories primarily because of his $2 billion Fiat fiasco, as well as other faux pas, including …
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As retirement approaches, Publisher Peter Brown honors some of the best, and worst, automotive adventurers
… the same time, still lacks traction. Worst dealmaker Jack Smith and Rick Wagoner at GM tried to go big and go global ..... purchasing czar who violated suppliers, then betrayed CEO Jack Smith by bolting to Volkswagen (with countless stolen GM documents …
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Barra remakes GM product development
… plant that produced the Pontiac Fiero. In the late 1990s, Barra worked for a few years as executive assistant to CEO Jack Smith and Vice Chairman Harry Pearce. She later was assigned to an internal communications post to manage the fallout from …
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Obituary
… restricted-sales law total to 48 states. Wells was the incoming chairman at the 2000 NADA convention, when GM CEO Jack Smith appeared to say he was scrapping the automaker's factory-store program.
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Lingering lessons from a momentous 20th anniversary at GM
… chairman in charge of the GM Hughes subsidiary, resigned. Jack Smith , head of GM's international operations, became CEO ..... disastrous results. I'm one of the few here to think that Jack Smith was a huge improvement, bringing a sense of urgency …
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A look back at 59 years of top stories
… revolt as staggering losses continue; chairman, vice chairman, president and two executive vice presidents ousted; Jack Smith named chief executive, and John Smale is first outside chairman since 1937 1993: J. Ignacio Lopez quits GM and joins …
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Former GM chairman John Smale dies at 84
… 1995, when he was succeeded by Jack Smith . Smale was the first non-GM executive ..... split between Smale and John F. " Jack " Smith , Jr., a GM veteran who became ..... that year. He was succeeded by Jack Smith on January 1 1996. Smale continued …
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Chevy elevated careers of numerous ad execs
… organization." Hurlbert remembers attending a ride-and-drive event when "Like a Rock" was at its peak. GM Chairman Jack Smith approached him and said, "You're doing a great job. Keep those Chevy trucks rolling," Hurlbert recalled with pride …
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GM's fling with Saturn rankled many at Chevrolet
… ejected as chairman. Like Roger Smith, Stempel had championed the new Saturn brand, as did Stempel's replacement Jack Smith , and the top executives who followed for the next 15 years. But the 1992 upheaval changed one thing. GM's new reality …
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A GM chief's lesson in Chinese capitalism
… the Deal," details GM Chairman Jack Smith 's awkward encounter with Chinese ..... before an air attack. GM Chairman Jack Smith was coming to China to sign documents ..... on one side of Tiananmen Square. Jack Smith would meet with Chinese Premier Li …
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A GM chief's lesson in Chinese capitalism
… the Deal," details GM Chairman Jack Smith 's awkward encounter with Chinese ..... before an air attack. GM Chairman Jack Smith was coming to China to sign documents ..... on one side of Tiananmen Square. Jack Smith would meet with Chinese Premier Li …
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2001 Top global vehicle manufacturers
… executive unit sales unit sales unit production unit production employees (notes) 1 General Motors 300 Renaissance Center Jack Smith 8,300,000* 8,596,347 7,786,000 8,494,000 362,000 Holden, Hummer, Opel, Vauxhall, Saab www.gm …
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Stempel sparked new era at GM
… place, GM for the first time took on a nonexecutive chairman, John Smale, the former chairman of Procter and Gamble. Jack Smith , a finance guy and former head of GM Europe, became president. The Sloan era was officially over.
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Stempel, Lloyd Reuss were GM's loss
… knew how to market cars and said the automaker needed new marketing people and new ideas. He supported the election of Jack Smith as the new CEO and proceeded to take over GM marketing. He hired outsider Ron Zarrella from Bausch and Lomb, and gave …
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A look back at 58 years of top stories
… revolt as staggering losses continue; chairman, vice chairman, president and two executive vice presidents ousted; Jack Smith named chief executive, and John Smale is first outside chairman since 193 1993: J. Ignacio Lopez quits GM and joins …
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J.T.'s CEO-to-CEO moment
… before being spun off from GM So Battenberg decided to take his argument upstairs. In July 2000, he phoned then-GM CEO Jack Smith , hoping that a CEO-to-CEO chat could resolve the dispute. No such luck. Smith, who was vacationing in Hyannis …
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How GM stumbled at Saab
… who remains CEO. Hendry, a protege of former GM CEO Jack Smith , had held the top manufacturing post at GM Europe ..... him, Hendry was summoned to the top job at Opel. " Jack Smith called him one day," Axelson recalls, "and Bob told …
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How GM stumbled at Saab
… who remains CEO. Hendry, a protege of former GM CEO Jack Smith , had held the top manufacturing post at GM Europe ..... him, Hendry was summoned to the top job at Opel. " Jack Smith called him one day," Axelson recalls, "and Bob told …
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GM's John Smith was not another John Doe
… Europe from 1989 through 1991. As the world was changing, Smith was the personable Young Turk whom GM Europe bosses Jack Smith and then Bob Eaton sent to negotiate the takeover of the East German carmaker Wartburg in Eisenach, East Germany …
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GM's John Smith was a key exec in Europe
… 1989 through 1991. As the world was changing, Smith was the personable rising young executive whom GM Europe bosses Jack Smith and then Bob Eaton sent to negotiate the takeover of the East German carmaker Wartburg in Eisenach, East Germany …
