Mary Barra01 — 08
She started inspecting
fender panels at eighteen.
She became chief executive
at fifty-two.
And in between —
she never left.
Portrait02 — 08
Meet
Mary Barra
Chair & Chief Executive Officer.
Leads
General Motors
Since 2014 · 116-year-old company
Studied
Kettering · Stanford
B.S. Electrical Eng. · MBA
The Climb03 — 08
One company, every rung
The Climb
Co-op StudentJoined GM at eighteen
1980
B.S. Electrical Eng.Kettering University
Kettering
MBAStanford · GM Fellowship
Stanford
Plant ManagerDetroit-Hamtramck
1990s
VP, Human ResourcesGlobal operations
2009
SVP, Global ProductDevelopment & design
2011
Chief ExecutiveFirst woman to lead a Big Three
2014
Chair of the BoardGeneral Motors
2016
The Big Win04 — 08
From the factory floor
Co-op student to chief executive —
0years
1st
Woman to lead a Big Three automaker
$167B
Annual revenue under her watch
·05 — 08
Six weeks in
She inherited the
ignition-switch crisis.
So she did not hide
She testified before Congress
and rebuilt the trust.
Lately06 — 08
What she's building now
Recent Wins
General Motors
All-EV by 2035
$35B committed to EV & autonomous
Ultium battery platform · Cruise autonomy
Launched Hummer EV, Lyriq & Silverado EV
Beyond GM
Industry leadership
Chair, Business Roundtable
Board of Directors, The Walt Disney Company
Inducted, Automotive Hall of Fame · 2023
The Human07 — 08
Age 18
She inspected fender panels
on the Pontiac line.
Before her
Her father worked that
same plant for forty years.
Right now
She's steering a 116-year-old
company into its next century.
By nature
Disciplined Pragmatic Steady
·08 — 08
Ready for what's next
Mary Barra
mary.barra@gm.com
313.555.1908
linkedin.com/in/marybarra
Operator · Engineer · Executive
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