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Mary Barra
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Chief Executive Officer of General Motors
OverviewAI-generated
Mary Barra is a United States business executive born on December 24, 1961, in Waterford. She has served as chief executive officer, vice president, and manager for General Motors. Her educational background includes studies at Kettering University, Stanford University, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Barra resides in Northville and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
She has received an honorary degree and was included in the Time 100 collection. Barra has two children. Her professional affiliation is with General Motors Company.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-11-07
Discography
- West Wind2010
- Moving Mountains2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,811x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,871x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
· 1998 · cited 15,197x
- Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
· 1998 · cited 12,383x
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Quotes
- “Barra said she serves at the pleasure of the Board of the Directors, but went on to describe the current situation of General Motors as “such an exciting time.” She remarked that the next few years will be the opportunity “to really execute this new strategy” with GM’s product line electrification and other initiatives, “so I’m energized.””
- “First of all, I need clarity, and then I need consistency”
- “I need to understand what the policy is”
- “Everything can be moved over time, but we also have to do it effectively, and we have to do it in a manner where we’re still competitive globally”
- “I think there’s been a lot of effort to really understand our industry — and for us to understand what they’re trying to achieve,From that perspective, she says, “We’re very much aligned”
- “Our message is making sure they understand what the auto industry is [and] how it operates, so we can be competitive and not be put at a disadvantage to our foreign competitors”
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Tim Solso
- Born
- Mary Teresa Mäkelä , ( 1961-12-24 ) December 24, 1961 (age 64) , Royal Oak, Michigan , U.S.
- Spouse
- Anthony Barra
- Education
- Kettering University ( BS ), Stanford University ( MBA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Waterford
- Occupation
- business executive
- Position held
- manager
- Employer
- General Motors
- Award
- honorary degree
- Official website
- www.gm.com/company/leadership/corporate-officers/mary-barra.html
- Image
- Mary Barra, official portrait, Homeland Security Council.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Northville
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1961-12-24
- Commons category
- Mary Barra
- social media followers
- 64781
- affiliation string
- General Motors Company
- affiliation
- General Motors
- name in native language
- Mary Barra
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Encyclopedic overview
Mary Teresa Barra (née Makela; born December 24, 1961) is an American businesswoman who has been the chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors since January 15, 2014. She is the first female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker. In December 2013, GM named her to succeed Daniel Akerson as CEO. Prior to being named CEO, Barra was executive vice president of global product development, purchasing, and supply chain.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mary Barra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.