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GM CEO Mary Barry Becomes Chairman
- Detroit Bureau, Tuesday, January 5, 2016 8 AM
She stepped into the limelight — and a trial by fire. Now, General Motors CEO Mary Barra is being rewarded with an additional title, chairman of the world’s third-largest automaker. Tim Solso, who had been serving in that role for the last two years, will step back from the chairman’s post but remain GM’s lead independent director, the job he had prior to the retirement of former Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson.
