Special Events :: U.S. Business Hall of Fame
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| William Durant | |||||||||
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William Durant made his first fortune in the horse carriage trade. He came out of semi-retirement to reorganize a failing Buick Motors, which only sold 16 cars in 1904. By 1908, Buick was selling nearly 9,000 cars a year and occupied the largest automobile factory in the world at Flint, Michigan. By 1910, Durant had purchased 17 companies including Oldsmobile, Cadillac, and Pontiac. | ||||||||
