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Founder Profile

General Motors Corporation (GM)

Last reviewed: January 1970 · By Swet Parvadiya

Who is General Motors Corporation (GM)?

General Motors Corporation (GM) is a founder of Ally Bank, which was founded in 1919 with John J. Raskob.

Company founded
Ally Bank
Founded
1919
Co-founders
John J. Raskob

Founding Story

General Motors incorporated GMAC in 1919 in New York City with $2.5 million in capital to provide consumer credit to finance automobile sales, inventing the modern auto loan.

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