Alfred Sloan
Alfred Sloan
Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr.was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a long-time President, chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation. Sloan, first as a senior executive and later as the head of the organization, helped GM grow from the 1920s through the 1950s, decades when concepts such as the annual model change, brand architecture, industrial design, automotive design, and planned obsolescence transformed the industry, and when the industry changed lifestyles and the built environment in America...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth23 May 1875
CityNew Haven, CT
In any organization men would move up from the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition and talent, because there is a chance for promotion.