Want To Get Ahead? GM’s Mary Barra Says to Study STEM
One of the most important parts of a young person’s life is when they decide what they actually want to be when they grow up. While for years little girls and boys said that they want to be pirates and royalty, there comes a time when you have to choose something slightly more realistic. If you […]
Mary Barra Meets Canada’s Justin Trudeau
As the head of a major auto manufacturer with facilities throughout North America, it’s no surprise that Mary Barra had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. In recent years, GM has been pulling back from markets that are no longer profitable and reorganizing its manufacturing facilities to meet the demands of […]
Mary Barra Is All About the Benjamins
In this day and age, leaders of car companies have to be ready to do what they have to in this highly-competitive market. In the case of General Motors, CEO Mary Barra has become focused on making the automaker profitable and is making drastic cuts to make investors happy. As a brand, General Motors is […]
Mary Barra Wins the CEO Pay Race
Mary Barra is a lot of things in the automotive industry, from the first female CEO to one of its most vocal advocates for STEM education. In 2016, she was also the highest paid CEO in the industry with total compensation equaling $22.6 million. That is actually a 21% pay drop for Ms. Barra because […]
Don’t Leave Us, Mary Barra!
As a woman in the auto industry, there are few highly-visible women I can look up to when writing articles. I am fortunate enough to be covering General Motors, which means that every day when I look up new topics to write about I usually end up searching the web for Mary Barra. Imagine my shock […]
Mary Barra Is Skeptical of Border Taxes
General Motors, along with most of America’s automakers, is working hard to play nice with the new presidential administration. That’s not surprising, since no matter what their individual views on the President himself are, Mr. Trump and his people will be in charge of the government for at least the next four years. While the […]
Mary Barra Asks Girls to Stick with STEM
Today is International Women’s Day, in case you have not seen the posts all over the media today to celebrate the holiday. While women should always be valued as part of a workplace, today many companies are taking the extra step to acknowledge the role women play in their businesses. In the automotive industry, Mary […]
Mary Barra Attending Trump Inauguration as Spectator in Our Universe, as Vice President in Parallel One
Are you guys familiar with the multiverse? Neither am I, but I think I get the broad strokes of it, which are that there is an infinite number of universes contained within a hypothetical set of possible universes. Many of these “parallel” or “alternative” universes are very similar to our own, but with minor changes. […]
GM CEO Mary Barra Wins Honorary Golden Steering Wheel 2016 for Excellence in Leadership
General Motors CEO Mary Barra was awarded the “Honorary Golden Steering Wheel 2016” at Bild am Sonntag and Auto Bild’s Golden Steering Wheel awards ceremony in Berlin earlier this week. Barra was on-hand to accept the award and was accompanied by Opel Group CEO Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann and Vice President Communications Johan Willems. Coming Soon […]
Donald Trump Nearly Got the Chance to Call Mary Barra Ugly
The recent Wikileaks info dump of hacked emails has turned up a list of possible vice presidential picks that were apparently considered by the Hillary Clinton campaign, before it ultimately settled on Virginia senator/amiable stepdad Tim Kaine. The list of potential running mates was helpfully if crudely divided by Clinton advisers into the following groups: […]
Mary Barra Named New GM Chairman of the Board
General Motors CEO Mary Barra has been named the unanimous choice for GM’s Chairman of the Board, effective January 4th. Barra, who has been the company’s CEO since January 15th, 2014, succeeds Tim Solso, who will remain in the role of Lead Independent Director for the General Motors Board of Directors. “At a time of […]
Mary Barra Sets Example for Women Beyond the Auto Industry
As one of the writers who covers Chevrolet and General Motors news here at The News Wheel, I read an awful lot about Mary Barra. In case you haven’t heard, Ms. Barra is the CEO of General Motors who got her start as an engineer at a Pontiac plant. CEO is an impressive enough job title, […]
Mary Barra Gets Candid About the Future of GM
There’s no denying that the automotive industry is changing rapidly. From fluctuating gas prices changing the types of cars Americans are demanding, to Millennials asking for more driving and infotainment options, big automakers need to be ready for what’s ahead. GM CEO Mary Barra sat down with The Wall Street Journal ‘s Gautham Nagesh recently […]
Mary Barra Joins Amy Poehler’s #SmartGirlsAsk Twitter Campaign
General Motors prides itself on being pretty social media savvy (to a fault), and the American automaker’s CEO is no slouch herself. Not only did Mary Barra master Facebook earlier this month, but she’s also using her Twitter account to tackle the most viral trending topics of this day and age. At last year’s Emmy […]
Mary Barra Wins Automotive Key Player Award
General Motors CEO Mary Barra was honored with the “Automotive Key Player” award in Madrid this week for her continued contribution to development in the automotive industry. The award, handed out by El Mundo, is a testament to Barra’s commitment to expanding GM’s influence at a global level in such a way that it improves […]
Mary Barra Named Most Powerful Woman by Fortune
Mary Barra hasn’t updated her newly-minted Facebook page in a week, but whenever she decides to jump back on, she’ll have something worth posting. No, we don’t mean the latest Patriots-related micro-controversy (THEY WERE MESSING WITH THE HEADSETS). We mean her being named Most Powerful Woman by Fortune magazine. This year’s 50 Most Powerful Women […]
Mary Barra Joins Facebook, Just Immediately Starts Cussin’
On August 28th, social media history was forever changed when GM CEO and fifth most powerful woman in the world Mary Barra created her own Facebook account. A little over a week into her tenure, she’s doing a pretty solid job of being on Facebook and not saying anything even remotely embarrassing, which is a […]
Mary Barra to be Doron Levin’s First Guest on New SiriusXM Show
Author and former Detroit Free Press columnist Doron Levin will soon be hosting an hour-long SiriusXM radio show called “In the Driver’s Seat,” which he describes as “an automotive variety show.” The debut episode will air at noon on Saturday, and Levin’s first guest will be none other than GM CEO Mary Barra. “She’s a […]