1. STEVE JOBS
Apple
Steve Jobs co-founded technology giant Apple in 1976. With iPods, iPhones, iPads and MacBooks being the most sought-after gadgets on the market, Apple is dominating the consumer technology world.
A year ago GM filed for bankruptcy. The Detroit powerhouse was close to the brink.
But today, it has taken its first steps towards a stock market flotation and looks set to recoup some of the billions of public money the U.S. Government pumped into the firm as part of a huge bailout.
He will quit as CEO September, after taking putting GM well and truly on the road to recovery.
Over last year, Whitacre has transformed the fortunes of the once beleaguered auto company, which has reported a profit in each of the last two quarters.
General Motors (GM) today announced its second quarter 2010 results, marked by revenue of $33.2 billion and net income attributable to common stockholders of $1.3 billion.
GM’s second quarter earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) were $2.0 billion.
Any list like this one is subjective and difficult to write; everybody has an opinion. Who is a better CEO, Jeffrey R Immelt or Alan Mulally? And is Martin Winterkorn better than Akio Toyoda?
Significant cost-cutting was behind the strong performance, backed-up by superb sales of new models.
GM made $865 million in Q1, 2010, Manufacturing Digital can report. In the same period last year, it posted a $6 billion loss.
GM achieved revenue of $31.5 billion and operating income of $1.2 billion.
Less than a year since it emerged from bankruptcy, GM has today confirmed it has repaid the loans it received from the U.S. and Canadian governments.
It is an important step towards reducing government ownership of the firm.
It is not clear why the sale to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery collapsed. However, it is likely Beijing refused to approve the purchase.
In an exclusive interview just after the opening ceremony of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Tim Lee, President of GM International Operations, told Xinhua tha
Manufacturing Digital understands that General Motors is ready to join forces with Reva, an Indian start-up that leads the world in budget electric cars.