page_title: Alfred P. Sloan
hierarchical_section_title: Alfred P. Sloan
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover of Time Magazine (December 27, 1926) w/ Alfred P. Sloan
context_page_description: Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr. 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 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 centralization and decentralization and led the company into prosperity.
  Besides, he was a philanthropist who donated considerable money to charity.
context_section_description: 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 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 centralization and decentralization and led the company into prosperity.
  Besides, he was a philanthropist who donated considerable money to charity.
caption: Cover of Time Magazine (December 27, 1926)
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