BUSINESSPERSON

Mary Barra

1961 - Today

Mary Barra

Mary Teresa Barra (née Makela; born December 24, 1961) is an American businesswoman who has been the chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors since January 15, 2014. She is the first female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker. In December 2013, GM named her to succeed Daniel Akerson as CEO. Prior to being named CEO, Barra was executive vice president of global product development, purchasing, and supply chain. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Barra is the 567th most popular businessperson (up from 575th in 2019), the 8,270th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,470th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mary Barra ranks 567 out of 847. Before her are Jorma Ollila, Jamie Hyneman, Susan Kare, Marcus Loew, Johan Anker, and Fred Karno. After her are Indra Nooyi, Adam Silver, Anita Roddick, Svend Foyn, Anil Ambani, and Shahid Khan.

Most Popular Businesspeople in Wikipedia

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Jorma Ollila
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 561
Jamie Hyneman
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 562
Susan Kare
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 563
Marcus Loew
1870 - 1927
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 564
Johan Anker
1871 - 1940
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 565
Fred Karno
1866 - 1941
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 566
Mary Barra
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 567
Indra Nooyi
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 568
Adam Silver
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 569
Anita Roddick
1942 - 2007
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 570
Svend Foyn
1809 - 1894
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 571
Anil Ambani
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 572
Shahid Khan
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 573

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Mary Barra ranks 305. Before her are Florent Pagny, Vasyl Rats, Roland Orzabal, Rae Dawn Chong, Josimar, and Manuel Estiarte. After her are Yannick Stopyra, Frank De Winne, Mikhail Shishkin, Solveig Dommartin, Kōichi Yamadera, and Elena Yakovleva.

Others Born in 1961

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Florent Pagny
SINGER
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 299
Vasyl Rats
SOCCER PLAYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 300
Roland Orzabal
SINGER
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 301
Rae Dawn Chong
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 302
Josimar
SOCCER PLAYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 303
Manuel Estiarte
ATHLETE
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 304
Mary Barra
BUSINESSPERSON
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 305
Yannick Stopyra
SOCCER PLAYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 306
Frank De Winne
ASTRONAUT
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 307
Mikhail Shishkin
WRITER
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 308
Solveig Dommartin
ACTOR
1961 - 2007
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 309
Kōichi Yamadera
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 310
Elena Yakovleva
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 311

In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Barra ranks 8,272 out of 20,380. Before her are Matt Frewer (1958), Dack Rambo (1941), Dominic Sena (1949), Bill Maher (1956), Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831), and Phil Zimmermann (1954). After her are Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Greg Germann (1958), Kelly Curtis (1956), Peter Facinelli (1973), Joe Alaskey (1952), and Titus O'Neil (1977).

Others born in United States

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Matt Frewer
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 8,266
Dack Rambo
ACTOR
1941 - 1994
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 8,267
Dominic Sena
FILM DIRECTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,268
Bill Maher
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,269
Ignatius L. Donnelly
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1901
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,270
Phil Zimmermann
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,271
Mary Barra
BUSINESSPERSON
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,272
Royal Harwood Frost
ASTRONOMER
1879 - 1950
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,273
Greg Germann
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,274
Kelly Curtis
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,275
Peter Facinelli
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,276
Joe Alaskey
ACTOR
1952 - 2016
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8,277
Titus O'Neil
WRESTLER
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 8,278