# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-akerson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:52:43.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-akerson"
name: "Daniel Akerson"
slug: "daniel-akerson"
description: "Daniel Francis Akerson is the former chairman and CEO of General Motors, serving from 2010 to 2014. Akerson succeeded Edward Whitacre as CEO on September 1, 2010, and became chairman of the board on January 1, 2011. He was succeeded by General Motors CEO Mary Barra. Akerson was a managing director of The Carlyle Group and head of global buyout prior to joining General Motors. He joined the General Motors board of directors on July 24, 2009. Akerson also serves on the boards of American Express and the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, and in 2014 joined The Carlyle Group as a vice chairman and special advisor to the board of directors."
tagline: "American executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Akerson_(6720557213).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1948-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.56
  momentum:             3.950617283950617
  historical:           5.707958666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Akerson"
    title: "Daniel Akerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دانيال اكرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Akerson"
    title: "Daniel Akerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Akerson"
    title: "Daniel Akerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A2%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دنیل آکرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_F._Akerson"
    title: "Daniel F. Akerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159888"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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