Mary Barra Named to Top 5 of Forbes’ Most Powerful Women List

by Matthew Guy

Published: December 30th, 2022

mary barra named to top 5 of forbes most powerful women list

This annual list prepared by Forbes magazine, called The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, has placed a CEO from the automotive sphere squarely near the top of their rankings – right behind VP Kamala Harris but well ahead of newsmakers like Oprah Winfrey.

The publication says the people on their list are “female leaders who use their political and economic power to transform industries and solve society's problems”. Barra was selected for the #4 position on this list thanks to using her clout at the helm of one of the world’s biggest automakers as a driver for introducing electric vehicles to the masses, with a target of selling more EVs than Tesla in our market by the 2025 calendar year.

GM has certainly been stuffing its lineup with electric vehicles which are already on sale or just over the horizon. Plowing untold square acres of money and development into the Ultium platform allows them to introduce EVs across a wide range of price points, a critical detail if the company hopes to achieve its goals. Rigs like the upcoming Equinox EV, which is targeted to start around 30 large, are going to be central to that mission since it is only a sliver of the population that can afford to slap down six figures for a Hummer EV pickup.

Barra has been at the helm of General Motors since 2014, no small shakes given the industry’s propensity to turf CEOs at the first sign of trouble, seeing the company through a global pandemic and some of the worst supply chain headaches since the invention of the assembly line. Talking heads are speculating that situations will improve as the calendar flips into 2023 – but if the last couple of years has taught us anything at all, it’s that instability can crop up when it is least expected.

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Matthew Guy

Matthew buys, sells, fixes, & races cars. As a human index of auto & auction knowledge, he is fond of making money and offering loud opinions.

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Slavuta on Jan 03, 2023

May be Forbes decisions made Turkey leave Istanbul Convention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Convention

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ToolGuy on Jan 03, 2023

I finished this book today, and immediately ordered a copy for a family member. That means I found it interesting (whether or not I agree with every word in it). If you order a copy and read it, you will understand why I posted my recommendation at the end of this particular page of comments.

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- Slavuta on Jan 05, 2023
  
  Don't you understand that this is part of deep state propaganda machine that produces these books? People read these and get affected. And that is the goal! You can learn about Putin from people who he worked with, like this https://nationalinterest.org/feature/key-understanding-vladimir-putin-82391
  
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- Slavuta on Jan 05, 2023
  
  You should find this more useful than those propaganda book. Scott Ritter is probably one American who knows Russia inside out. Here is the segment where you will learn more truth than lies on Putin and west/russia. https://tinyurl.com/584j4vfw
  
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