Billy, Alfred, and Common Motors: The Story of Two Distinctive Males, a Legendary Firm, and a Outstanding Time in American Historical past

“You couldn’t discover two extra completely different males. Billy Durant was the consummate salesman, an excellent wheeler-dealer with grand plans, unflappable power, and a keenness for the excessive life. Alfred Sloan was the mental, an skilled in enterprise technique and administration, grasp of all issues organizational. Collectively, this odd couple constructed maybe probably the most profitable enterprise in U.S. historical past, Common Motors, and with it an business that has come to outline trendy life all through the world. Their story is filled with timeless classes, cautionary tales, and inspiration for enterprise leaders and historical past buffs alike. Billy, Alfred, and Common Motors is the story not simply of the 2 extraordinary males of its title but additionally of the formative many years of twentieth-century America, via two world wars and sea adjustments in enterprise, business, politics, and tradition. The ebook consists of vivid, warts-and-all portraits of the legends of the golden age of the car, from “Loopy” Henry Ford, Ransom Olds, and Charles Nash to the good however uncredited David Dunbar Buick and Cadillac founder Henry Leland. The impression of Durant and Sloan on their contemporaries and their business is matched solely by the highly effective legacy of their inconceivable and unbelievable partnership. Characters, occasions, and context — all are introduced skillfully and passionately to life on this meticulously researched and supremely readable ebook.”