J. T. Battenberg III (born 1944) was the chairman, CEO, and President of

Delphi Corporation Aptiv PLC is an Irish-American automotive technology supplier with headquarters in Dublin. Aptiv grew out of the now-defunct American company, Delphi Automotive Systems, which itself was formerly a component of General Motors. History The comp ...

from 1998 to 2005.

Early life and career

Battenberg obtained a Bachelor of Science from

Kettering University Kettering University is a private university in Flint, Michigan. It offers Bachelor of Science, bachelor of science and master's degree, master’s degrees in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, STEM (science, technology, engineeri ...

in 1966 and a Master of Business Administration from

Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and is one ...

in 1969.J T Battenberg III, CEO of Delphi (DPH), Earns $2.8 mil
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General Motors The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...

in 1961, working his way up the company. He eventually took over management of Delphi, a GM spinoff.

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