GM CEO Resigns, Daughter Flips Out

Fritz Henderson, the man at GM’s helm for the past eight months, has resigned. After a turbulent period as CEO, Director, and President, Henderson’s resignation comes as little to surprise. Having been divided over how to proceed, Henderson often butted heads against the GM board, the members of which felt the company’s progress was too slow. Conversely, Henderson found the bureaucracy of GM’s committee a huge hindrance to progress of any sort.

Not surprisingly, Chairman Ed Whitacre will be filling in for Henderson and stated the following in a formal release: “While momentum has been building over the past several months, all involved agree that changes needed to be made. To this end, I have taken over the role of Chairman and CEO while an international search for a new president and CEO begins immediately. With these new duties, I will begin working in the Renaissance Center headquarters on a daily basis. The leadership team – many who are with me today – are united and committed to the task at hand.

I want to assure all of our employees, dealers, suppliers, union partners and most of all, our customers, that GM's daily business operations will continue as normal. I remain more convinced than ever that our company is on the right path and that we will continue to be a leader in offering the worldwide buying public the highest quality, highest value cars and trucks. We now need to accelerate our progress toward that goal, which will also mean a return to profitability and repaying the American and Canadian tax payers as soon as possible.

In closing, I want to once again thank Fritz Henderson for his years of leadership and service to General Motors; we're grateful for his many contributions. I look forward to working with the entire GM team as we now begin the next chapter of this great company.”

But perhaps most interesting has been Fritz Henderson’s daughter’s response. After a myriad of disparaging comments directed at Henderson’s management skills in response to a Facebook announcement, Fritz’s daughter fired back with this response: “"HE F*****G GOT ASKED TO STEP DOWN ALL OF YOU F*****G IDIOTS. IM FRITZ'S F*****G DAUGHTER, AND HE DID NOT F*****G RESIGN. WHITACRE IS A SELFISH PIECE OF S**T, WHO CARES ABOUT HIMSELF AND NOT THE F*****G COMPANY. HAVE FUN WITH GM, I HOPE TO NEVER BUY FROM THIS GOD FORESAKEN COMPANY EVERY AGAIN. F**K ALL OF YOU."