Pope builds an empire
Nov 16, 2020
3 minutes
BY GERALD PERSCHBACHER LL.D.
If you think General Motors was the first major effort to combine car brands under one corporate structure, think again. Pope is the name that, practically speaking, put the “merger mania” ball rolling in the U.S. domestic car industry.
The man with the idea and the financial wherewithal to make the dream a reality was Albert A. Pope, crowned with the title of colonel and active in industry following the Civil War. The idea
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