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Hughes Electronics

Logo: Hughes Electronics, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American electronics company

Hughes Electronics Corporation was an American electronics company formed in 1985, when Hughes Aircraft was sold by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to General Motors for $5.2 billion. Surviving parts of Hughes Electronics are today known as DirecTV Group, while the automotive divisions became Aptiv.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1
  • Industryelectronics1

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Hughes Electronics Corporation was an American electronics company formed in 1985, when Hughes Aircraft was sold by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to General Motors for $5.2 billion. Surviving parts of Hughes Electronics are today known as DirecTV Group, while the automotive divisions became Aptiv.2

Corporate structure

Hughes Electronics is part of a group headed by General Motors. 362 entities, 42 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • General Motors Detroit, Michigan, United States
    • General Motors do Brasil Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil
    • General Motors Financial Company, Inc. Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • AMERICREDIT SYNDICATED WAREHOUSE TRUST Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
      • Banco Monex Inst BCA Mul Monex GPO Finan Div Fid F2965 Subsidiary · Mexico City, Mexico
      • Cibanco SA IBM FID 00251 Subsidiary · Mexico City, Mexico
      • General Motors Financial of Canada, Ltd. Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2016-PP6 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM FINANCIAL AUTOMOBILE LEASING TRUST 2016-PP7 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2017-PP1 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2017-PP2 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2017-PP3 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2017-PP4 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM FINANCIAL AUTOMOBILE LEASING TRUST 2017-PP5 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM FINANCIAL AUTOMOBILE LEASING TRUST 2018-PP1 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM FINANCIAL AUTOMOBILE LEASING TRUST 2018-PP10 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2018-PP2 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2018-PP3 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2018-PP4 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2018-PP5 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2018-PP6 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2018-PP7 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2018-PP8 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2018-PP9 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2019-PP1 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2019-PP2 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2019-PP3 Subsidiary · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
      • and 107 more
    • Hughes Electronics
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    • Chevrolet Subsidiary · Detroit
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    • Chevrolet Europe Subsidiary · Zurich
    • Chevrolet-Saturn of Harlem Subsidiary
    • Delco Electronics Subsidiary · Kokomo
    • Elmore Subsidiary · Elmore
    • Fremont Assembly Subsidiary · Fremont
    • General Motors de Chile Subsidiary · Santiago
    • General Motors de México Subsidiary · Mexico City
    • General Motors Diesel Division Subsidiary · Detroit
    • General Motors Egypt Subsidiary · Maadi
    • General Motors India Private Limited Subsidiary · Gurgaon, India
    • General Motors OBB Subsidiary
    • General Motors of Argentina Subsidiary · Buenos Aires
    • General Motors Peninsular Subsidiary · Barcelona, Spain
    • General Motors Specialty Vehicles Subsidiary · Adelaide
    • General Motors Thailand Subsidiary · Bangkok, Thailand
    • and 198 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1985Founded Founded1

Sources

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