What is Alfred P. Sloan?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} [[File:Alfred P. Sloan on the cover of TIME Magazine, December 27, 1926.jpg|thumb|Cover of ''Time Magazine'' (December 27, 1926)]] '''Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr.''' (May 23, 1875 – February 17, 1966) was the [[president]] and [[chairman]] of [[General Motors]]. Sloan was born in a business family. He passed the examination of [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] when he was very young. When he was 26 his father bought a [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearing]] company and made him president. The company did well and Sloan became president of General Motors. He managed the company with a new combination of [[Centralism|centralization]] and decentralization and led the company into prosperity. Besides, he was a philanthropist who donated considerable money to charity.<ref>Alfred P. Sloan. (December 12, 1998). ''Encyclopedia of World Biography''. Web. Retrieved on May 25, 2014.</ref> == References == {{reflist|2}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sloan, Alfred}} [[Category:Businesspeople from Connecticut]] [[Category:1875 births]] [[Category:1966 deaths]] {{US-bio-stub}}