Alfred P. Sloan

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Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.

Aliases (2)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Jr. ×1
  • Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. ×1

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf business executive
human
industrialist
philanthropist
authorOf My Years with General Motors
awardReceived Industrial Research Institute Medal
burialPlace Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1875-05-23
dateOfDeath 1966-02-17
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer General Motors
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Sloan
fieldOfWork automotive industry
corporate management
founded Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
fullName Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr.
genre business literature
givenName Alfred
hasNamedAfter Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Sloan Fellows program
Sloan School of Management
influenced management by decentralization with coordinated control
modern corporate governance
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf General Motors board of directors
notableFor developing annual model changes in the automobile industry
developing decentralized corporate organizational structures
helping General Motors surpass Ford in U.S. auto sales
introducing the concept of a car for every purse and purpose
leading the growth of General Motors in the early 20th century
pioneering modern corporate management practices
notableWork My Years with General Motors
occupation author
businessperson
corporate executive
placeOfBirth New Haven, Connecticut, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld chairman of General Motors
chief executive of General Motors
president of General Motors
religion Presbyterianism
residence New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Irene Jackson Sloan
timePeriod 20th century
workedOn organizational structure of General Motors


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