Entrepreneur. He is remembered for founding Nash Motors Company in 1916, which manufactured automobiles that appealed to America's middle class until the mid-1950s. Born into a farming family, his parents divorced when he was six years old and he was sent to live and work as an indentured servant to a farmer in Flushing, Michigan. As a young adult, he continued to work as a farmhand and eventually settled in Flint. In 1890 he began working for the Durant-Dort Carriage Company in Flint and worked his way up to plant superintendent. He became interested in the commercial potential of automobiles after driving an electric automobile in New York City in 1897. In 1908 he became the president and general manager of the Buick Motor Company and two years later he hired on as general manager of the General Motors Corporation (GMC), resolving the company's debt and turning it into a profit-making enterprise. In June of 1915 he parted ways with GMC and in July of 1916 he purchased the Jeffery Motor Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin and renamed it Nash Motors Company. He retired in 1936 and died at the age of 84. His estate was valued at about $50 million at the time of his death. He married Jessie Halleck on April 23, 1884 and the couple had six children. In 1954, his Nash automobile merged with other companies and eventually became American Motors. In 1988 the Charles Nash Historical Marker was erected in Flint by the State of Michigan in front of his Queen Anne style home on Mason Street.

Entrepreneur. He is remembered for founding Nash Motors Company in 1916, which manufactured automobiles that appealed to America's middle class until the mid-1950s. Born into a farming family, his parents divorced when he was six years old and he was sent to live and work as an indentured servant to a farmer in Flushing, Michigan. As a young adult, he continued to work as a farmhand and eventually settled in Flint. In 1890 he began working for the Durant-Dort Carriage Company in Flint and worked his way up to plant superintendent. He became interested in the commercial potential of automobiles after driving an electric automobile in New York City in 1897. In 1908 he became the president and general manager of the Buick Motor Company and two years later he hired on as general manager of the General Motors Corporation (GMC), resolving the company's debt and turning it into a profit-making enterprise. In June of 1915 he parted ways with GMC and in July of 1916 he purchased the Jeffery Motor Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin and renamed it Nash Motors Company. He retired in 1936 and died at the age of 84. His estate was valued at about $50 million at the time of his death. He married Jessie Halleck on April 23, 1884 and the couple had six children. In 1954, his Nash automobile merged with other companies and eventually became American Motors. In 1988 the Charles Nash Historical Marker was erected in Flint by the State of Michigan in front of his Queen Anne style home on Mason Street.

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