Profile
Mary Barra
Chair & Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Company at General Motors Company
General Motors CompanyDetroit, Michigan, U.S.
Mary Barra is chair and chief executive officer of General Motors and the first woman to lead a major global automaker. She began her career at GM as a co-op student and rose through engineering, manufacturing and product-development roles before becoming chief executive in 2014. She has committed the company to an all-electric future.
At a Glance
- Based in
- Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Nationality
- American
- Born
- 1961
- Education
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Kettering University (General Motors Institute); M.B.A., Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Career history
- 2014–presentChair & Chief Executive OfficerGeneral Motors Company
- 2011–2014EVP, Global Product DevelopmentGeneral Motors Company
- 2009–2011VP, Global Human ResourcesGeneral Motors Company
Highlights
- First woman to serve as chief executive of a major global automaker.
- Set GM on a path toward an all-electric, zero-emissions vehicle lineup.
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