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My Take
Wagoner fascinates me less as a villain than as a cautionary tale about scale. A Duke graduate who climbed to the very top of General Motors, he ended up resigning at the White House's request as the company hemorrhaged value during the financial crisis. I find it easy to pile on a CEO, but harder to imagine steering an industrial giant into a once-in-a-century storm. What stays with me is not the failure but the willingness to stand in the line of fire and own the outcome. He reads to me as a careful, decent technocrat caught by tectonic forces nobody fully controlled.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rick Wagoner
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・ワゴナー
- Reading
- りちゃーど・わごなー
- Born
- February 9, 1953 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
- Origin
- Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / business executive / engineer
2. Background
- High school
- John Randolph Tucker High School
- University
- Duke University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Rick Wagoner born?
Born February 9, 1953 (age 73).
Where is Rick Wagoner from?
Rick Wagoner is from Wilmington, Delaware, United States.
What does Rick Wagoner do?
Rick Wagoner works as entrepreneur, business executive, engineer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.