- Rick Hendrick
Joseph Riddick Hendrick III (born July 12, 1949 in Warrenton, North Carolina), better known as Rick Hendrick is an owner of several NASCAR stock cars and teams, as well as one of the largest automotive chains in the United States. Hendrick Motorsports, founded in 1984, is one of the most successful teams in NASCAR racing, with championships won in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, and 2006. - Eric Reguly
Eric Reguly is a Canadian newspaper columnist. His articles appear almost daily in "Report on Business", the financial section of Toronto-based "The Globe and Mail". Reguly is also a writer for "Report on Business Magazine", and occasionally contributes to "Globe Auto", the automotive section of the newspaper, along with his wife. Reguly is also an occasional commentator with Report on Business Television. - Brock Yates
Brock Yates was executive editor of "Car and Driver", an American automotive magazine. He was a pit reporter for CBS' coverage of certain NASCAR Nextel Cup (then Winston) series races in the 1980s, including the Daytona 500. He was also one of two commentators on the TNN show "American Sports Cavalcade" with Steve Evans. Paul Page and Don Garlits appeared on the show, but it was primarily Brock and Steve. - Muckraker
A muckraker is an American English term for one who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that violate widely held values, such as political corruption, corporate crime, child labor, conditions in slums and prisons, unsanitary conditions in food processing plants (such as meat), fraudulent claims by manufacturers of patent medicines, labor racketeering, and similar topics. In British English however the term is applied to sensationalist scandal-mongering journalist, … - Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker was best known as a World War I fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation. During his lifetime, Rickenbacker worked with many influential civilian and military leaders. He had keen insight into technology, and vision for future improvements. - Brooks Stevens
Clifford Brooks Stevens (June 7, 1911-January 4, 1995) was an industrial designer, as well as automotive designer, graphic designer, and stylist. Though he is often cited with inventing the concept of planned obsolescence (the practice of artificially shortening product lifecycles in order to influence the buying patterns of consumers in favor of manufacturers), he did not invent it but rather coined the term and defined it. Stevens defined it as, … - Lee Hunter
Lee Hunter (1913-1986) was an automotive engineer. His inventions include the "Kwikurent" device for the rapid charging of a car battery, and a machine to balance car wheels while they spin. He founded Hunter Engineering Company in 1946 and was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1992. - Bryan Thompson
Bryan Thompson (born 1974 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an automotive and freelance designer. He received a Bachelor of Industrial Design degree from College for Creative Studies in 1999 and is employed at Nissan Design America in San Diego. Thompson is known most predominantly for developing the relationship between Nissan and Airstream that lead to the creation of the BaseCamp Trailer, manufactured by Airstream. - Carl G. Fisher
Carl Graham Fisher was an American entrepreneur. Despite having severe astigmatism, he became a seemingly tireless pioneer and promoter of the automotive, auto racing, and real estate development industries. Regarded as a promotional genius for most of his life, he was a bicycle enthusiast and became involved in bicycle and later auto racing. After being injured in stunts, he helped develop paved racetracks and roadways. - John Willys
John North Willys was an American automotive pioneer and statesman. Born in Canandaigua, New York, as a young man he began selling bicycles in his hometown and within a few years eventually expanded into manufacturing his own line of bicycles. In 1897 he married Isabel Van Wie and a few years later entered the automobile retailing business in Elmira, New York. - M. Russell Ballard
Melvin Russell Ballard, Jr. (b. October 8, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American businessman and a religious leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was called to serve in the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1985. His public addresses often deal with the Mormon pioneers and their heritage. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Ballard is accepted by the church membership as a prophet, seer, and revelator. - Václav Klement
Václav Klement - was a Czech automotive pioneer, co-founder of what is now Škoda Auto. - Zack Spencer
Zack Spencer is a Canadian radio and television presenter and automotive journalist. Spencer was born in Toronto, Ontario. His initial schooling took place in Scotland but he soon returned to Canada. He studied radio broadcasting at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario during 1987. After graduation he earned his first radio job at CKSL-AM. In 1991, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia as one of the original on-air personalities at the newly based Z95.3FM until 1996. - David M. Cote
David M. Cote is chairman and CEO of Honeywell. He was first elected president, CEO and a member of the Board of Honeywell in February 2002, and became chairman of the Board of Directors on July 1 2002. Previously, Cote served as chairman, president and CEO of TRW, a $16 billion Cleveland-based products and services provider for the automotive, aerospace and information technology markets. Cote joined TRW from General Electric in November 1999, where he served 25 years, … - Charles T. Fisher
Charles Thomas Fisher (1880-1963) was an American businessman and an automotive pioneer. Born in Norwalk, Ohio, Charles was the second son of Lawrence and Margaret Fisher. The family would grow to include seven boys and four girls. At the turn of the 20th Century, eldest son Fred was the first to move to Detroit where an uncle, Albert Fisher, had established Standard Wagon Works during the latter part of the 1880s. - Mark Crutcher
Mark Crutcher is an American pro-life activist and author living in Texas. He is the founder and president of Life Dynamics Inc. (LDI). Crutcher was involved in marketing, particularly in the automotive field, before turning to pro-life activism in 1987. His first work was the Life Activist Seminar, a workshop for grassroots pro-life activists to teach them to work effectively. He has conducted approximately 140 of these seminars in 31 U.S. states and in Canada, … - Kamilo Almanza
Kamilo Almanza is the most prolific painter and muralist of a colony of Mexican artists in the Copper Canyon area of northwestern Mexico. Almanza can be found in the studio above his home late into the night. Son of a Tarahumara Indian father and a Mestizo mother, he reflects both cultures in his paintings, sculptures and murals. Almanza works with many materials, including oils, acrylics, automotive paint, charcoal, clay, pencil, ink, and so on. - Colin Teo
Colin Teo, born February 6, 1976, is a drifting driver from Singapore. He made his debut in the D1 Professional Grand Prix Series Malaysia in Round 3 of 2006, currently driving a red Nissan S15 Silvia, which is currently under the sponsorship of Texas Lubricants and Kumho Tires. His callsign is "Chromas" to many who know him in the motorsports scene. He was also previously under the sponsorship of the former Imperial Concepts. - Chelsea Sexton
Chelsea Sexton (born August 14, 1975) is a marketing expert and advocate of alternative fuel vehicles. Sexton entered the automotive industry at the age of 17 after buying her first Saturn. She wanted to put herself through college by working at Saturn, and she loved the cars more than what she was studying in college, and three years later, General Motors announced the EV1 electric vehicle program, and she jumped on it. - Paul W. Smith
Paul W. Smith is the morning anchor of Detroit, Michigan's WJR radio program. As a clear channel on 760AM, WJR's broadcast can be heard throughout the Midwest and Smith's program is known throughout the region. Smith's shows typically feature in-depth interviews with a number of notable people, including politicians, authors and business leaders within the automotive industry. - Domenico Bordiga
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IT Manager organizing the support for the manufacturing plant, sales office and parts depot, supervizing the team of app 20 IT professionals. 10 years of IT Project Management expirience. Guest speaker of Stockholm School of Economincs. Articles: <a href="http://www.crn.ru/?ID=618236">" . . . - Paul Lagerwaard
15+ years of experience in the automotive, telecommunications, FMCG, financial services. Tenure in positions ranging from operations/engineering, marketing/product development, customer care, (direct) sales/sales management/(direct) marketing/business development, CRM / Customer Relations Management. Strategic business development manager that focuses on the customer’s core business drivers with vision in dynamic service, marketing & sales environments. - Arthur Donaldson
Arthur Donaldson (13 December 1901 - 18 January 1993) was a Scottish politician, and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1960 to 1969. Born in Dundee, he initially became journalist in his hometown but later decided to try his hand at the same profession in the United States, to where he emigrated at the age of 21. He did not find work as a journalist and instead found employment in the automotive industry in Detroit. - Jerry Flint
Jerry Flint is a senior automotive editor for Forbes Magazine. Flint also writes articles for the The Car Connection. Born and educated in Detroit, he has been covering the automotive industry since 1958. He worked for the Wall Street Journal from 1958 to 1967 and for the New York Times from 1967 to 1979. In 1979, Flint moved to Forbes where he remains today. Flint has won Loeb Award in 2003 and is according to the "Business News Reporter", … - Holger Bach
Holger Bach, Director of Mobility Cluster Programme , Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation (WRS) has a university degree in business administration and management, focus on automotive industry and sound experience in the field of mobility services, logistics, traffic management, telematics and intelligent transport systems. Since 2003 he is a member in Polis Management Committee in Brussels. Since 2009 he is also Managing Director of KLOK Logistics Competence Center. - Eric Mariacher
15 years of experience in Embedded Software Projects in various positions such as engineering, architect, project and functional management in Europe, US and India. My goals are: * to set-up the right environment for developers to develop software. * to give best visibility on software development process from requirement phase to field support phase. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS: * Mariner Networks: Hiring a whole embedded software team. * Logitech: Change management - Software development . . . - Rick Wagoner
George Richard "Rick" Wagoner, Jr. (born February 9, 1953) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors. Rick Wagoner was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and grew up in Richmond, Virginia and graduated from John Randolph Tucker High School. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University in 1975 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1977. After Harvard, he joined GM as an analyst in the treasurer's office. - Henry Ford
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents. As sole owner of the Ford Company he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. - Frederick W. Lanchester
Frederick William Lanchester, Hon FRAeS (October 23, 1868 - March 8, 1946) was an English polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering, aerodynamics and co-invented the field of operations research. He was also a pioneer British motor car builder, a hobby he eventually turned into a successful car company, and is considered one of the "big three" English car engineers, the others being Harry Ricardo and Henry Royce. - Tasha Luksa
I'm a traveller...not content to stay anywhere for too long. New to Chicago...love to keep it real...love meeting new people and just chilln' out. My favorite thing ever is cooking...and building web sites...user-centered design...and further educating myself. Plan to open my own company in the next 10 years or so. I like to relax but I admire a strong work ethic and a desire to succeed or a passion for your job. - Gianni Agnelli
Giovanni Agnelli, better known as Gianni Agnelli, was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GNP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research. - Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Anselmo Ferrari (February 18, 1898 - August 14, 1988) was the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari car manufacturer. - Giovanni Agnelli
Giovanni Agnelli (August 13, 1866 - December 16, 1945) was an Italian entepreneur, who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899. - Harry Ferguson
Henry George (Harry) Ferguson (November 4, 1884 - October 25, 1960) developed the modern agricultural tractor. He was also an early Irish aviator. He was born at Growell, near Dromore, County Down, Ireland (in what is now Northern Ireland), and was the son of an Irish farmer. In 1902 Ferguson went to work with his brother Joe in his bicycle and car repair business. Whilst working there as a mechanic he developed an interest in aviation, … - Michael Waltrip
Michael Curtis Waltrip (born April 30, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a professional race car driver and owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion (now retired). Waltrip is a two-time winner of the Daytona 500 (2001 & 2003), and drives a self-owned #55 NAPA Toyota Camry in the NEXTEL Cup Series. - Ed Cole
Edward Nicholas Cole (b. September 17 1909, Marne, Michigan - d. May 2 1977, Mendon, Michigan) was an automotive executive for General Motors. The son of a dairy farmer, Cole aspired to be an automotive engineer and enrolled in General Motors Institute. He was forced to drop out for financial reasons in 1933, and was offered a job as a lab assistant. He worked in engineering, rising to co-head a team (with Harry Barr) that developed the 1949 Cadillac V8. - Samuel Morey
Samuel Morey (October 23, 1762 - April 17, 1843) was an American inventor, who invented an internal combustion engine and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents. Born in Hebron, Connecticut but moved to Orford, New Hampshire, with his family in 1768. He later moved across the Connecticut River to Fairlee, Vermont, but was buried in Orford in 1843. Lake Morey in Vermont is named in his honor. - Hau Thai-Tang
Hau Thai-Tang is a Vietnamese American automotive executive. He was the Chief Program Engineer for the Ford Motor Company on the 2005 model year Ford Mustang program. As Chief Program Engineer he was responsible for overseeing the extremely successful launch of an American Icon. He is currently the Director of Advanced Product Creation & SVT - Special Vehicle Team - Ford's performance vehicles division.
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