General Motors

Technology, Manufacturing

General Motors Company (GM)[2] is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.[3] The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac, each a separate division of GM. By total sales, it has continuously been the largest automaker in the United States, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008.[4][5]

Founded

September 16, 1908 ; 117 years ago ( 1908-09-16 ) [ 1 ] (original company) July 10, 2009 ( 2009-07-10 ) (present company)

Employees

162,000 (2024) [ 2 ]

Location

Renaissance Center , Detroit , Michigan , United States