Wow! First woman CEO in a car company- please be a car nut!

[EVT1]

www.nbcnews.com/business/general-motors-names-its-first-woman-ceo-2D11722082 

I like this:

     Barra, 51, is currently executive vice president of global product development and has worked at GM for three decades. She will be not only the automaker's first female CEO but the first woman to serve as the chief executive officer of any major auto company in the world.

    The well-respected Barra was GM's first-ever woman “car czar,” responsible for the design, engineering, program management – and, critically, quality improvement efforts – for GM’s 11 worldwide brands. In a stinging rejoinder to her staff, Barra was once quoted as telling workers to improve the quality of GM's fleet. "No more crappy cars," she said at the time.



So much for the Cadillac Cimmaron  


All I want to say on this is that when it comes to a car company CEO- we need car people.  There is a laundry list of MBA/financial guru types that failed in this endeavor.

[Tennesseer]

She does like cars. She owns several incuding a Corvette.

[workpublic]

i thought it was impossible to rise through the ranks?

she started off as an intern.

the "agenda" is becoming clear.

private corps -  bad
Govt corps - good


p.s.

imho she is perfect for the role. i hope she succeeds

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Dec 11, 2013 8:36:34 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

She does like cars. She owns several incuding a Corvette.

WTF do you two care anyway? You support people that want us all driving the equivalent of rechargeable electric go karts.  Or are those just for the riff raff, the hoi polloi?

[Tennesseer]

Dec 12, 2013 9:31:30 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

Dec 11, 2013 8:36:34 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

She does like cars. She owns several incuding a Corvette.

WTF do you two care anyway? You support people that want us all driving the equivalent of rechargeable electric go karts.  Or are those just for the riff raff, the hoi polloi?

  An even better question is WTF do you even care what I posted?  

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Dec 12, 2013 9:37:24 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Dec 12, 2013 9:31:30 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

WTF do you two care anyway? You support people that want us all driving the equivalent of rechargeable electric go karts.  Or are those just for the riff raff, the hoi polloi?

  An even better question is WTF do you even care what I posted?  

Well, if I start asking questions like that- next thing you know, I'll be asking why I visit these boards at all, why I post here-- and it'll be another two year (or life) vacation...

[zibazinski]

I'd stick with ford anyway. They didn't take govt money and I'd buy from them and not GM just for that reason. Easy to show profit when taxpayers paid your bills.

[zibazinski]

Not even a comment about what a sexist comment anyway and from a so-called lib!

[zibazinski]

Because, don't you know, only MEN can be car nuts!

[Tennesseer]

Dec 14, 2013 8:39:47 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Not even a comment about what a sexist comment anyway and from a so-called lib!

What ìs sexist about the comment?   I wait with bated breathe for your informative answer.

[billisonboard]

Dec 14, 2013 8:40:35 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Because, don't you know, only MEN can be car nuts!

GM's previous two CEOs, Akerson and Whitacre, came from outside the auto industry ... www.dailyherald.com/article/20131210/business/712109829/

Not all men are car nuts. Not all CEO's of car companies are car nuts. I have a co-worker who is a car nut. He indicated that the "buzz" is about this person being interested in running a business that makes cars and not simply in running a business.