Company · Manufacturing · founded 1892
General Electric
American multinational conglomerate established in 1892 through the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston. Jack Welch was its chairman and CEO from 1981 to 2001.
Of the 2 people here linked to General Electric, 0 are founders and 0 are still there. 1 of them also appear at IAC. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
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2 people at General Electric
Executive Past
Role
Chairman and CEO, 1981–2001
Source
· high confidence. Wikipedia says he was GE's youngest chairman and CEO, succeeding Reginald H. Jones in 1981, and served through 2001.
Manufacturing · Finance 4 / 0
Jack Welch
Chairman and CEO, General Electric (1981-2001)
working/middle-class · outsider · graduate degree
Board Past
Role
Member of the board of directors, 1999–2005
Source
· medium confidence
Finance · Retail 7 / 1
Ken Langone
Co-founder and financier of The Home Depot; founder of Invemed Associates; namesake of NYU Langone Health
working-class · outsider · graduate degree
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