An American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry who was the founder and namesake of Chrysler Corporation. He rose from machinist and railroad mechanic to works manager at Buick Motor Company and an executive at General Motors, then acquired and phased out the Maxwell Motor Company to found Chrysler Corporation in Detroit in 1925, later financing construction of the Chrysler Building. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Death PlaceKings Point, New York, U.S. 2 Defining ContributionAcquired and phased out the Maxwell Motor Company to found Chrysler Corporation in Detroit in 1925, building it into one of America's major automakers alongside Ford and General Motors, and served as its chairman from founding until his death. 2 Notable Work Walter Chrysler
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Founder of the Chrysler Corporation
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Walter Percy Chrysler
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1875-04-02
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1940-08-18
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