Obama puts a 31-year-old in charge Charge of Dismantling G.M.

Obama puts a 31-year-old college dropout in charge of dismantling G.M.


The 31-Year-Old in Charge of Dismantling G.M.

WASHINGTON — It is not every 31-year-old who, in a first government job, finds himself dismantling General Motors and rewriting the rules of American capitalism.

But that, in short, is the job description for Brian Deese, a not-quite graduate of Yale Law School who had never set foot in an automotive assembly plant until he took on his nearly unseen role in remaking the American automotive industry.


By DAVID E. SANGER