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Charles Williams Nash

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American businessman (1864-1948)

United StatesFoundersLived 1864 to 1948 · aged 84
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Charles Williams Nash was an American automobile entrepreneur who served as an executive in the automotive industry. He played a significant role in building up General Motors as its fifth president. In 1916, he bought the Thomas B. Jeffery Company, makers of the popular Rambler automobile, and renamed it Nash Motors.

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Nash and Henry Ford at the 1946 Automotive Jubilee when both were 82Nash and Henry Ford at the 1946 Automotive Jubilee when both were 82

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Charles Williams Nash was an American automobile entrepreneur who served as an executive in the automotive industry. He played a significant role in building up General Motors as its fifth president. In 1916, he bought the Thomas B. Jeffery Company, makers of the popular Rambler automobile, and renamed it Nash Motors. The resulting firm played an independent role in an automobile industry increasingly dominated by the Big Three: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler.

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Lived 1864 to 1948 · aged 84
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