The Resume

(December 8, 1861-March 18, 1947)
Born in Boston, Massachusetts
President of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company (1895-1913)
President of Buick Motor Co. (1906-08)
Co-founder and president of General Motors (1908-10,1917-20)
Co-founder and president of Chevrolet (1911-17)
Founder and president of Durant Motors (1921-33)

Why he might be annoying:

The 'C' stood for 'Crapo.'
He dropped out of high school.
Before taking over Buick, he considered automobiles noisy, smelly and dangerous, and refused to let his daughter ride in one.
He was twice forced out of GM for financially overextending the company.
He was one of several prominent businessmen who unsuccessfully tried to stop the stock market collapse on Black Tuesday by buying large blocks of shares to restore public confidence (1929).
He declared bankruptcy, listing debts of $914,000 and assets of $250 (1936).
He ended up managing a bowling alley and living off 'loans' from GM CEO Alfred P. Sloan.

Why he might not be annoying:

He took Buick from the brink of bankruptcy to the nation's leading car company.
At GM, he pioneered having different lines of cars to appeal to different segments of the market.
He created the modern system of automobile dealer franchises.
Oldmobile exec Fred Smith called him 'the strongest and most courageous individual then in the business and the master salesman of all time.'
He said of GM, 'Well, they took it away from me, but they cannot take away the credit for having done it.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bankruptcy
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 47]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12081861)
• I Did Not Graduate High School [C-E]
• I Died in 1947 (Ranked: 85)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I'm Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx
• My Name, My Company
• Profiles 34251-34500 (Ranked: 34453)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying