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This. remember all the buzz last week over gm's new female ceo making less than her male predecessor? those erroneous reports created quite the controversy. we now know that gm's ceo, mary barra, will take home $14.4 million in her first year on the job, not bad. that's a 60% jump from the $9.1 million her predecessor, dan ackerson, made. most of barra's compensation will be coming in the form of a long-term stock bonus. she is the first woman to lead a major automaker. guess what? your grilled cheese just got a little healthier. kraft announcing it's going to remove artificial preservativ...

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>> gm is now the largest company by revenue run by a woman. this is a huge deal. and not only that, the auto industry has sort of famously male dominated. it's lagged behind other industries in the ability to advance women to the very top. this is historic on a number of levels. >> i guess it wasn't a slam dunk. there were other people up for it. she's eminently qualified. she's in the middle of this industry, has been for 33 years. people say she has gasoline running through her veins. that's one the things you say in detroit. will she change the culture? will this be a change that somehow la...

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The thing with mary barra she's not just going to be the first ceo of general motors but the first woman to head a major automaker ever. she's replacing dan akerson. here's a bit of a bio on her. 53 years old, been with gm. she's become quite the super star. she started i love this as an intern on the factory floor at the age of 18 to help pay tuition while she was getting an electrical engineering degree and reportedly said recently that being a car gal rather than a car guy, has never stood in her way. she said, it's about no kidding results and no kidding is right. she's been a leader in gm...