Charles Stewart Mott was a US industrialist and philanthropist who was born in Newark, New Jersey. His parents were John Coon Mott and Isabella Turnball Stewart. He began working for his father and uncle, Fred Mott who had purchsed a bicycle wheel making business (Weston-Mott Co.). After the death of his father, C. S. Mott was appointed superintendent of the company by his uncle. C. S. Mott moved to Flint, Michigan in 1905 in a merger with Buick. Wikipedia
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