Gerald Meyers, CEO who steered American Motors during rocky period, dies

Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes, right, and Gerald Meyers, president and CEO of American Motors, left, drive the 150,000th Jeep off an assembly line in Toledo, Ohio, in 1978. The landmark vehicle was a red Jeep CJ-7 Renegade. (DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY)

June 27, 2023 06:42 PM

Gerald Meyers once described his management style as "buck chaser." And he was just 48 when he became one of the youngest heads of a U.S. automaker, succeeding Roy Chapin Jr. as CEO of AMC in October 1977.

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