Rick Wagoner

About Rick Wagoner

George Richard "Rick" Wagoner, Jr. (b. February 9, 1953, Wilmington, Delaware) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors.

Wagoner grew up in Richmond, Virginia and graduated from John Randolph Tucker High School there. In 2008 he was nominated into the Sports Hall of Fame at Tucker. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University in 1975, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1977. During this time Rick Wagoner also was starred playing forward on Duke University's freshman basketball team.

After Harvard, he joined GM as an analyst in the treasurer's office. In 1981 he became treasurer of GM's Brazil subsidiary and later served as managing director.