Thomas Neal (September 27, 1858 – October 6, 1940) was an American industrialist who served as the president and chairman of the board at General Motors.
[1] In 1910, General Motors was taken over by a group of financiers, including Neal, who was elected to the board of directors.
In 1912, with the company under better financial conditions, Neal resigned as president and became chairman of the board of directors.
[2] In 1916, Neal was elected chairman of the executive committee of the Signal Motor Truck Company.
[7] He helped found the Equitable Trust Company of Detroit in 1927 and served as chairman of the board until his death on October 6, 1940.