Charles Williams Nash

Charles Williams Nash was an American automobile entrepreneur who served as an executive in the automotive industry. He played a major role in building up General Motors. In 1916 he bought a small Wisconsin automobile maker, renamed it Nash Motors, and played an independent role in an automobile industry increasingly dominated by the Base Three General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. His profits came from focusing on one, welldesigned car in the upper medium price range. He bought several distressed companies in Wisconsin, merging them and installing advanced managerial accounting procedures, while cutting costs and focusing on longterm growth. He retired as president in 1932, but remained chairman of the board. His major acquisition was the merger in 1937 with the Kelvinator Company, which made refrigerators. During World War II, NashKelvinator greatly expanded to manufacture aircraft motors and parts.

Nash was born to a poor farming family in Cortland, Illinois, on what is now Route Lincoln Highway. His mother was Anna E. Annie Cadwell who married David L. Nash. Other Nash siblings included Mazovia , George C. and Laura W. .

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