????創始人：威廉?杜蘭特，查爾斯?斯圖爾特?莫特

????這家全球最大的汽車制造商創辦于大約一個世紀前，最初僅有別克(Buick)這一個品牌。頗具諷刺意味的是，當時身為馬車制造業領導者的杜蘭特對早期的汽車及其安全性半信半疑，但在發現改進車型擁有一個巨大的潛在市場之后，他驟然加大了投資力度。到1910年，通過開發或自創等方式，通用汽車已經擁有了奧茲莫比爾(Oldsmobile)、凱迪拉克(Cadillac)和雪佛蘭(Chevrolet)等品牌，并最終大獲成功——在2008年之前的70年里，通用汽車的全球銷量一直領先群雄。

????Founders: William Durant, Charles Stewart Mott

????One of the largest automakers in the world started little more than a century ago with just the Buick brand in its portfolio. Ironically, Durant, a leading manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages then, was dubious of early automobiles and their safety but saw a potential market for improved models and invested aggressively. By 1910, General Motors (GM,Fortune 500) had either acquired or started Oldsmobile, Cadillac, and Chevrolet and eventually became so successful it led global auto sales for 70 years until 2008.