# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-p-sloan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:26:02.481Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-p-sloan"
name: "Alfred P. Sloan"
slug: "alfred-p-sloan"
description: "Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a longtime president, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors (GM). First as a senior executive and later as the head of the company, Sloan presided over the growth of General Motors into one of the largest corporations in the world. During this period, GM spearheaded the adoption of the annual model change, brand architecture, industrial engineering, automotive design (styling), and planned obsolescence within the automobile industry. Such developments forever changed lifestyles as well as the built environment in America and throughout the globe."
tagline: "American businessman (1875–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred_Sloan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1875-05-23"
deathDate: "1966-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.60466
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ألفريد سلون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "الفريد سلون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Pritchard_Sloan"
    title: "Alfred Pritchard Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Pritchard_Sloan"
    title: "Alfred Pritchard Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%BE%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "آلفرد پی اسلون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "אלפרד סלואן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AC%D6%86%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%A4_%D5%8D%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6"
    title: "Ալֆրեդ Սլոուն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Sloan"
    title: "Alfred Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アルフレッド・スローン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%ED%94%84%EB%A0%88%EB%93%9C_%ED%94%BC%EC%B2%98%EB%93%9C_%EC%8A%AC%EB%A1%9C%EC%96%B8"
    title: "알프레드 피처드 슬로언"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Слоун, Альфред"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan"
    title: "Alfred P. Sloan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Альфред Слоун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q344045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump