Mark Reuss

Mark L. Reuss
Occupation	Business executive
Years active	1986–present
Known for	President of General Motors

Mark L. Reuss currently serves as the President of General Motors.

Early life and education

Mark is the son of Lloyd E. Reuss, who held the position of GM president between 1990 and 1992. He completed his bachelor's degree at Vanderbilt University in 1986 and later obtained an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in 1990.

Career

Throughout his tenure at GM, Reuss has occupied several significant leadership roles, including Executive Director of the Performance Division in 2001, Executive Director of Global Vehicle Integration, Safety and Virtual Development in 2005, and President of General Motors North America from 2009 to 2013. Between 2008 and 2009, he was Chairman and Managing Director of Holden, GM’s subsidiary in Australasia, and contributed as a member of GM’s Asia Pacific Strategy Board.

Although previously linked to the controversial Pontiac Aztek and Buick Rendezvous models, Reuss spearheaded product development efforts in the early 2010s. After returning to the United States in 2009 as Senior Product Development Director, he played a pivotal role in enhancing GM’s vehicle lineup.

Reuss attracted media focus in 2018 following an incident where he crashed the Corvette ZR1 pace car during the Detroit Grand Prix; he emerged unharmed. He compensated for this by safely piloting the pace car at the 2019 Grand Prix, where he also introduced the Cadillac V-series. In 2020, he served as honorary pace car driver for the Indianapolis 500.

In October 2024, Reuss achieved a milestone by driving the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 to a record speed of 233 mph, marking the fastest production vehicle under $1 million.

Electric Corvette

On April 27, 2022, Mark Reuss, President of General Motors, announced that development is underway for both hybrid and fully electric variants of the Chevrolet Corvette.