Wizard of Flint – Billy Durant, Founder of General Motors
58 min. c. 2001

He almost bought Ford Motor Company, two times. He was instrumental in the careers of Charles Nash, Alfred P. Sloan and Walter Chrysler. He rescued a bankrupt Buick Motor Company and turned it into the largest company in the world, General Motors. After losing GM, he started Chevrolet and in a brilliant stock manipulation, regained control of General Motors. Five years later, he lost control of GM a second time. Broke, he went to Wall Street where he amassed a fortune. William Crapo Durant, a carriage maker from Flint, Michigan is one of the greatest entrepreneurs in American history.




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