History of General Motors General Motors (GM) was created in 1908 in Michigan by Williams C. Durant as a holding company after a 15 year contract with the McLaughlin’s of Canada. At the time of GM’s inception, only Buick Motor Company was a brand of the company. However, GM rapidly grew after the acquisition of brands like Oldsmobile, Cadillac, and Pontiac. All together, GM acquired more than twenty companies (GM, 2015). GM headquarters was located in Flint, Michigan until the mid-1920s when it was moved to Detroit, Michigan. Currently, GM world headquarters is in the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan. In the 1930s, GM expanded their brand to include aircraft design and manufacturing buying Fokker Aircraft Corp of America. In addition,