Founded on September 16, 1908, by William C. Durant, Charles Stewart Mott, and Frederic L. Smith, General Motors Company is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States, the automaker was the largest automaker by sale in 2022. The automaker also reigned at the position of the largest automaker for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008.