General Motors named global product development chief Mary Barra, 51, to succeed Dan Akerson, making her the first female CEO of a global automaker. Akerson, 65, said he sped up his retirement schedule because of his wife’s cancer.
General Motors named global product development chief Mary Barra, 51, to succeed Dan Akerson, making her the first female CEO of a global automaker. Akerson, 65, said he sped up his retirement schedule because of his wife’s cancer.