John DeLorean was a man considered a visionary in the automotive industry. He was a top executive at General Motors. He headed the Pontiac division and was instrumental in the development of the widely successful Pontiac GTO. After leaving GM, he started his own company and came out with the futuristic DeLorean automobile.
Behind the scenes, however, John DeLorean was more of a con man than a visionary. He dumped his first wife, had plastic surgery, and pursued attractive young women. His second wife was just nineteen years old when they married.
When it came time to build a factory for his bat-winged DeLorean, he chose Ireland, which was facing economic hardships and civil unrest at the time. His pitch to the Government was that if they provided startup funds, he would build his factory there, bringing thousands of jobs to the region.
It seemed like a win-win for everyone. But Ireland did not have any workers who had experience in automobile manufacturing. The first batch of cars had quality control problems. Additionally, those first cars came out just as the United States was entering a depression. It wasn't long before DeLorean faced financial difficulties. His efforts to solve that crisis would affect not just him but his family and the thousands of workers who relied on him.
He should have followed Spike Lee's advice, "Do the right thing."
Behind the scenes, however, John DeLorean was more of a con man than a visionary. He dumped his first wife, had plastic surgery, and pursued attractive young women. His second wife was just nineteen years old when they married.
When it came time to build a factory for his bat-winged DeLorean, he chose Ireland, which was facing economic hardships and civil unrest at the time. His pitch to the Government was that if they provided startup funds, he would build his factory there, bringing thousands of jobs to the region.
It seemed like a win-win for everyone. But Ireland did not have any workers who had experience in automobile manufacturing. The first batch of cars had quality control problems. Additionally, those first cars came out just as the United States was entering a depression. It wasn't long before DeLorean faced financial difficulties. His efforts to solve that crisis would affect not just him but his family and the thousands of workers who relied on him.
He should have followed Spike Lee's advice, "Do the right thing."