Background
Henderson was born in Detroit, Michigan.
president and chief executive officer
Henderson was born in Detroit, Michigan.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan"s Ross School of Business and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer on March 31, 2009, Henderson was the Vice President of General Motors and has been with the company since 1984. Frederick Henderson resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of General Motors on December 1, 2009. He replaced Rick Wagoner as Chief Executive Officer of General Motors when Wagoner stepped down at the request of President Barack Obama in relation to the General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization after serving in that position for eight years.
Henderson assumed the new position on March 31, 2009.
Henderson is a 1976 graduate of Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan. During his time at Michigan, Henderson pitched for the University of Michigan Wolverines baseball team
Since joining General Motors in 1984, he held a number of positions with the company until 1992 when he became GMAC group vice president of finance in Detroit. From 1997 to 2000, Henderson became General Motors vice president and managing director of General Motors do Brasil covering General Motors operations in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Here he was successful in introducing small, inexpensive cars such as the Celta subcompact and the Meriva microvan, both produced in Brazil.
In June 2000, he was appointed group vice president and president of General Motors-LAAM (Latin America, Africa and Middle East) and in January 2002, he moved to Singapore as president of General Motors Asia Pacific where he was successful in expanding operations in of Korea and China. In 2004, Henderson was appointed chairman of General Motors Europe, based in Zurich, Switzerland, where he undertook substantial restructuring including significant reductions in jobs. After becoming vice chairman and chief financial officer in January 2006, in March 2009, he became General Motors president and chief operating officer
On December 1, 2009, Fritz Henderson resigned from General Motors as Chief Executive Officer and was replaced by board Chairman Edward Whitacre, Junior., former head of American Telephone & Telegraph Company Incorporated. who will temporarily take over as Chief Executive Officer while a global search for a new permanent replacement is conducted.
January 25, 2010 Editor Whitacre announces he will become the permanent Chief Executive Officer while keeping his current chairman of board of directors role. On February 19, 2010, General Motors announced that Henderson would serve as a consultant on their international operations, to be paid $709,080 per year.
On Thursday September 2, 2010, Sunoco, Incorporated. announced that Henderson would join the company as senior vice president, and will lead the company"s SunCoke Energy unit as chairman and Chief Executive Officer when it is spun off in 2011. Family
Henderson is married to wife Karen Henderson and has two daughters, Sarah and Emily Henderson.