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Will Bob Lutz be GM's Next Chief Executive Officer?

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:41:31 GMT

DETROIT - It's not as outrageous as it sounds. Lutz, who has worked for General Motors, Ford, BMW, Chrysler and GM again will be 78 years old in February.
Source: Motor Trend

Why General Motors Ditched Fritz: Analysis

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:46:52 GMT

The painful, if brief, Chapter 11 bankruptcy GM endured earlier this year was apparently not enough to change the face of General Motors. Nor was the White House's ouster of CEO G. Richard Wagoner Jr. last March.
Source: Popular Mechanics

Daniel Howes: Loss of industry vet may haunt GM

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:15:05 GMT

Less than 24 hours before General Motors Co.'s directors showed CEO Fritz Henderson the door, a ranking executive for a rival automaker made a telling admission to me over dinner: Through all of last year's congressional hearings, the firing of former...
Source: Detroit News Online

Ill-timed exit

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:04:48 GMT

The surprise resignation of General Motors Co. CEO Frederick "Fritz" Henderson raises questions about the company's stability at a point when it was beginning to show signs of turning around, analysts say.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Life After Fritz Henderson

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:20:00 GMT

Someone seems to have driven his Cadillac into the ditch this week. Or did someone else maneuver him into this unfortunate position? Either way, many questions remain about what happened to General Motors' interim CEO, Fritz Henderson.
Source: Forbes

GM board looks to the outside for replacement CEO

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:38:00 GMT

Fritz Henderson, the new Chief Executive Officer of General Motors, holds a news conference to discuss announcements made by President Obama about the Task Force on Autos and U.S. Treasury's decisions on aid to the auto industry at GM World...
Source: WETM 18 - NY

Turnover trouble hits Obama Inc.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:34:06 GMT

More from Fortune Redefining 'emerging markets' Stanley Bing's fourth-quarter yearnings Henderson's GM departure is no surprise FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The captains of bailed-out companies can't seem to stop...
Source: CNN/Money

By the numbers: GM before and after Fritz

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:27:46 GMT

Late yesterday, in a surprise move, General Motors President and CEO Frederick "Fritz" Henderson (left) resigned, less than a day before he was to deliver the keynote speech at the 2009 LA Auto Show.
Source: Consumer Reports

Quoted in 'Rattner: Why we had to get rid of GM's CEO'

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:03:28 GMT

Rick Wagoner said in Fortune:

I'm not planning to stay until I'm 65 but I think I've got at least a few years left in me ... But I told the last administration that if my leaving would be helpful to saving General Motors, I'm prepared to do it.

Quoted in 'Bills are run like General Motors was'

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:30:33 GMT

said in FOX Sports:

Ford . . . redid its entire car line. GM and Chrysler didn't ... Rick Wagoner [at GM] oversaw perhaps the greatest destruction of capital in American history. The difference? Ownership and management.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

German Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (L) meets with General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner (R) and General Motors COO Fritz Henderson at the German ambassador's residence in Washington in this March 16, 2009, file photo.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner (C) talks about cost cutting restructuring as COO Fritz Henderson (L) and Vice Chairman Bob Lutz listen during a news conference at GM Headquarters in Detroit, in this file image from Michigan July 15, 2008.

General Motors Ceo Rick Wagoner Declined Automaker Retained Bankruptcy Counsel Denied Survival Plan

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:05:21 GMT