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Walter Chrysler

1875 - 1940

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Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 – August 18, 1940) was an American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry, automotive industry executive, and the founder and namesake of American Chrysler Corporation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Chrysler is the 180th most popular businessperson (up from 186th in 2019), the 2,124th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,042nd in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Businessperson.

Walter Chrysler is most famous for founding the Chrysler Corporation in 1925.

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Among businesspeople, Walter Chrysler ranks 180 out of 847. Before him are Phil Knight, Karl Albrecht, Bernard Baruch, Alisher Usmanov, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, and Sheldon Adelson. After him are Ambroise Vollard, Ajay Banga, Paul Elvstrøm, James Mayer de Rothschild, Sung Jae-gi, and Lady Bird Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Walter Chrysler ranks 51. Before him are Leonardo De Lorenzo, Franco Alfano, Qiu Jin, Othenio Abel, Hiram Bingham III, and Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg. After him are Hashim al-Atassi, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Fatali Khan Khoyski, Maurice de Broglie, and Rafael Sabatini. Among people deceased in 1940, Walter Chrysler ranks 43. Before him are Michael Hainisch, Frederick Cook, Nicolae Iorga, Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, Gunnar Asplund, and Marcus Garvey. After him are Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Jan Kubelík, Anton Korošec, and Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Chrysler ranks 2,124 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Jones (1938), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Sheldon Adelson (1933), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), George Floyd (1973), and Greg Bell (1930). After him are Martin Kove (1946), Christine Baranski (1952), Madeleine Stowe (1958), J. Michael Straczynski (1954), Hal Finney (1956), and Ellery Harding Clark (1874).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Walter Chrysler ranks 66. Before him are Ethan Allen (1738), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Owen D. Young (1874), Phil Knight (1938), Bernard Baruch (1870), and Sheldon Adelson (1933). After him are Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Henry Ford II (1917), Hetty Green (1834), Ben Bradlee (1921), Thomas J. Watson (1874), and Lee Iacocca (1924).

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