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A fact from Mary Barra appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 December 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mary Barra was named the next CEO of General Motors, which will make her the first female leader of a major automaker?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Barra.

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Untitled

First day on the job as CEO was January 15, 2014 ^[1] 207.191.177.153 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:40, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit Request

NOTE: I am proposing this edit for FleishmanHillard on behalf of General Motors. I am a paid editor and am aware of the COI guidelines. I am submitting this edit request to bring attention to the fact that a user has added “Adrian Gaithuma” as CEO of Chevrolet to this page, which is false as evidenced in the company’s roster of executives. ^[1] For the sake of accuracy, we’re hoping an editor can remove this erroneous addition. Thank you for your consideration. Jon Gray (talk) 00:15, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted the change. --Vossanova ^o< 13:36, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "General Motors Leadership". Retrieved August 30, 2018.

Edit Request

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

NOTE: I am proposing this edit for FleishmanHillard on behalf of General Motors. I am a paid editor and am aware of the COI guidelines. I’m submitting the following edit request to both clarify and bring current information regarding Mary Barra’s salary and total compensation.

Infobox

On “Salary,” Mary’s salary is listed at $21.96 million. However, that figure is representative of her 2017 total compensation. Her 2018 salary was $2.1 million and 2018 total compensation was $21.87 million ^[1]. We propose updating the salary line in the infobox to represent her accurate 2018 salary ($2.1 million) or changing the section to reflect “Total compensation” ($21.87 million).

Thank you for your consideration. Jon Gray (talk) 00:56, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Jamie L. LaReau (April 18, 2019). "GM CEO Mary Barra's compensation was $21.87 million in 2018, 281 times median GM worker". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 28, 2019. For 2018, Barra's total compensation was $21.87 million — about 281 times as much as GM's median employee's compensation of $77,849, according to figures the company released Thursday. In 2017, Barra was compensated $21.96 million. Barra's total compensation, which includes stock awards and pension payments, represents more than she actually saw in pay. She received a $2.1 million salary and $4.45 million from her nonequity incentive plan.

Reply 28-MAY-2019

Edit request implemented Spintendo 01:13, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ User:Edwardx: "Since" dictates that the sentence is in the present tense

Mary Barra is in office as CEO of GM. Her tenure in that office is not over. She IS in this office SINCE being designated as such. Otherwise the sentence could read "Mary Barra was designated as CEO of GM on [date so and so]. So I will reinstated my correction. --L.Willms (talk) 04:51, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's present perfect. "Has been since" is a much more common was of saying this in English than "is since". "Since" does not dictate tense, and the fact that she is currently in the role does not mean we have the use present tense for it to make sense. The present perfect allows us to indicate something (like her job role) began in the past and is continuing.Pipsally (talk) 05:39, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All is explained here - https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/present-perfect Pipsally (talk) 06:33, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. In fact using the simple present - "is/am/are [...] since" - is wrong. You wouldn't say "I am the president since last year" for example. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 07:15, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see you're a German speaker L.Willms, this is an area where English and German are different for whatever reason. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 07:17, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can't recall why I made such an obvious error. Perhaps I had seen it in another article, and assumed that "is ... since" was current American usage. I left the US aged 12, a long time ago! Edwardx (talk) 11:02, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Edwardx: I don't think you did make an error - I think L.Willms pinged you instead of me because you'd made the three subsequent edits after my revert.Pipsally (talk) 11:08, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Pipsally. That is reassuring! Edwardx (talk) 12:31, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2014/01/new_gm_ceo_mary_barra_top_exec.html

[2] "General Motors Leadership". Retrieved August 30, 2018.

[3] Jamie L. LaReau (April 18, 2019). "GM CEO Mary Barra's compensation was $21.87 million in 2018, 281 times median GM worker". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 28, 2019. For 2018, Barra's total compensation was $21.87 million — about 281 times as much as GM's median employee's compensation of $77,849, according to figures the company released Thursday. In 2017, Barra was compensated $21.96 million. Barra's total compensation, which includes stock awards and pension payments, represents more than she actually saw in pay. She received a $2.1 million salary and $4.45 million from her nonequity incentive plan.

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