Mark Reuss

American business executive

Reuss in 2011

Mark L. Reuss is the current President of General Motors.[1][2][3]

## Early life and education

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Mark's father is Lloyd E. Reuss, former president at GM from 1990 to 1992. He received an undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University in 1986 and an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business in 1990.

## Career

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In 2001, he was appointed executive director of the Performance Division, then executive director of Global Vehicle Integration, Safety and Virtual Development in 2005, and held the position of President of General Motors North America from 2009 until 2013.[2][4]

Later, he was chairman and managing director of Holden, the Australasian General Motors (GM) operation from February 1, 2008, until September 1, 2009, overseeing GM's Australasian operations and is a director on the GM Asia Pacific Strategy Board.[5][6]

Reuss was the vehicle line executive in charge of the highly criticized and unsuccessful Pontiac Aztek and Buick Rendezvous. However, he was praised for his tenure in the early 2010s for leading product development.

From September 1, 2009, Alan Batey took over his position as Reuss returned to the GM in the United States as a senior product development director.

On June 3, 2018, Reuss crashed the Corvette ZR1 pace car that he was driving in the first corner of the first pace lap of the second race at the 2018 Detroit Grand Prix, leading to a lengthy delay, and unwanted publicity for Reuss and General Motors.[7] Reuss and passenger Mark Sandy were uninjured.[8]

One year later, he got back in the Pace car for the 2019 Race 1 of the Grand Prix in hard rain – and led the field without incident. He also debuted the new Cadillac V-series at the race in full camo.[9] In 2020, he was the honorary pace car driver for the Indianapolis 500.

In October 2024, Mark Reuss drove the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 to 233 mph, breaking the world record for the fastest production car under $1 million.[10]

## Electric Corvette

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On April 27, 2022, General Motors president Mark Reuss announced that it is developing "an electrified and a fully electric" version of its Chevrolet Corvette.[11]

## References

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1. ^ "Mark L. Reuss". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
2. ^ a b "Mark Reuss | GM Corporate Officer". www.gm.com. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
3. ^ "Mark Reuss Named General Motors President". media.gm.com. January 3, 2019.
4. ^ Vlasic, Bill (December 4, 2009). "Days After Chief's Ouster, G.M. Shuffles Top Ranks". The New York Times. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
5. ^ "Mark Reuss". General Motors. July 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
6. ^ Martin, Terry (July 24, 2009). "Holden future looks secure as Batey takes helm". GoAuto. John Mellor. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
7. ^ "The Corvette ZR1 Pace Car Crashed Before the Start of the Detroit IndyCar Race". 3 June 2018.
8. ^ "GM exec Mark Reuss crashes pace car at Detroit Grand Prix".
9. ^ Phelan, Mark. "GM's Mark Reuss gives Grand Prix track another try. Here's what happened". Detroit Free Press.
10. ^ Stevens, Tim (2025-03-06). "The Corvette ZR1's 233-mph run had to start in a virtual world". The Verge. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
11. ^ AFP (2022-04-27). "GM to make electric Chevrolet". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-04-27.

## External links

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* Mark Reuss profile at General Motors

Business positions

Preceded by

Chris Gubbey

|  Holden Chairman
2008–2009  | Succeeded by

Alan Batey

Preceded by

|  President of General Motors
2019–present  |  Succeeded by

Incumbent