Walter Percy Chrysler

       Walter Percy Chrysler was born in April 2, 1871 Wamego, Arkansas, United States and died in August 18, 1940. King Point Est., Great Neck, Long Island, New York, New York, United States Walter P. Chrysler is among the most admired and respected business executives in American history, second only to Henry Ford. His efforts helped bring the fruits of the transportation revolution to all Americans. Largely self-educated, Chrysler not only succeed in the important undertakings during his lifetime, but also understood the future implications of such achievements. Locomotion was his vocation. Like Henry Ford, he improved its forms and means of production at a pace that quickly altered the makeup of general society. Walter Percy Chrysler was a dominant force in the automotive industry. He began working at GM's Buick plant, working his way to becoming their fourth president and general manager. When he came to Buick, its production was 45 cars a day. Seven years later, when he left, the daily average was 550 cars per day, and Buick was making millions of dollars profit each year for General Motors. His genius was not only in mass production but also in fiscal responsibility. In 1925, he transformed the down-and-out Maxwell Motor Company into the Chrysler Corporation. By 1929, the Chrysler Corporation had become a major company in the American automotive industry and the second largest producer of automobiles in the world.