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General Electric
COMPANY
Founded 1878 by Thomas Edison, becoming General Electric with the 1892 merger of the Edison General Electric Company with the Thomson-Houston Company.
Official Website:
http://www.ge.com/
Industry:
Diversified
Ticker:
NYSE:GE
Corporate headquarters:
Fairfield, CT
Sales:
$173B (2007)
Employees:
325,000
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Peter J. Barris |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
New Enterprise Associates |
| Stephen M. Bennett |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Symantec, 2012-14 |
| Stephen Berger |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Chairman of Odyssey Investment Partners |
| Ann C. Berzin |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of FGIC, 1992-2001 |
| James R. Birle |
Business |
25-Jan-1936 |
|
Former Partner, Blackstone Group |
| Frank Blake |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of Home Depot |
| Norman P. Blake, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of USF&G Corporation, 1990-97 |
| Theodore R. Boehm |
Judge |
12-Sep-1938 |
|
Justice, Indiana Supreme Court |
| Larry Bossidy |
Business |
5-Mar-1935 |
|
CEO of Honeywell |
| Fred A. Breidenbach |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
President of Gulfstream Aerospace, 1993-97 |
| Jenne K. Britell |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Structured Ventures, Inc. |
| Charles F. Brush |
Inventor |
17-Mar-1849 |
15-Jun-1929 |
Street lights |
| Robert H. Brust |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CFO of Kodak, 2000-06 |
| David L. Calhoun |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of The Nielsen Company |
| William Castell |
Business |
10-Apr-1947 |
|
CEO of GE Healthcare |
| William D. Coolidge |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1873 |
4-Feb-1975 |
Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes |
| Thomas A. Corcoran |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Senior Advisor, Carlyle Group |
| David M. Cote |
Business |
1952 |
|
CEO of Honeywell |
| Dennis D. Dammerman |
Business |
4-Nov-1945 |
23-Jul-2013 |
CFO of GE, 1998-2005 |
| Patrice M. Daniels |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Blue Sky Advisors |
| Chris A. Davis |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Partner at Forstman Little & Co. |
| Thomas Edison |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1847 |
18-Oct-1931 |
Invented the light bulb |
| Matthew J. Espe |
Business |
14-Sep-1958 |
|
CEO of Ikon Office Solutions |
| Michael D. Fraizer |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Genworth Financial |
| Stephen L. Green |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Canaan Capital Partners |
| Kirk S. Hachigian |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CEO of Cooper Industries |
| Joseph E. Harlan |
Business |
5-May-1959 |
|
Divisional EVP at 3M |
| Arthur H. Harper |
Business |
3-Dec-1955 |
|
CEO, GE Equipment Services 2002-05 |
| Joyce Hergenhan |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Former VP at General Electric |
| Glen H. Hiner |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of Owens Corning, 1992-2002 |
| Edwin J. Houston |
Inventor |
9-Jul-1847 |
1-Mar-1914 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
| Jeffrey R. Immelt |
Business |
19-Feb-1956 |
|
CEO of General Electric |
| Lawrence R. Johnston |
Business |
1949 |
|
CEO of Albertson's, 2001-06 |
| William J. Vareschi Jr. |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Retired GE executive |
| Jeffrey B. Kindler |
Business |
13-May-1955 |
|
CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10 |
| Ellen J. Kullman |
Business |
1956 |
|
CEO of DuPont |
| William J. Lansing |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Value Vision Media, 2004-07 |
| Lauralee E. Martin |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
COO of Jones Lang LaSalle |
| Kevin M. McMullen |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO of OMNOVA Solutions |
| James McNerney |
Business |
22-Aug-1949 |
|
CEO of Boeing |
| David E. Momot |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Former GE executive |
| Patricia B. Morrison |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CIO of Motorola |
| Daniel H. Mudd |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CEO of Fannie Mae, 2005-08 |
| Eugene F. Murphy |
Business |
24-Feb-1934 |
|
Vice Chairman of GE, 1997-99 |
| Robert L. Nardelli |
Business |
17-May-1948 |
|
CEO of Chrysler |
| Lorrie Norrington |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
President of eBay Marketplaces, 2008-10 |
| James R. Olin |
Politician |
28-Feb-1920 |
29-Jul-2006 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-93 |
| John D. Opie |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Vice Chairman of GE, 1995-2000 |
| James A. Parke |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Former GE Capital Services executive |
| Vivek Paul |
Business |
1958 |
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Vice Chairman of Wipro, 1999-2005 |
| Gary L. Rogers |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of GE, 2001-03 |
| Hellene S. Runtagh |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Former EVP at Universal Studios |
| Roger W. Schipke |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO of Sunbeam, 1993-96 |
| Richard G. Sim |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
APW Ltd. |
| Richard F. Smith |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO of Equifax |
| Stephen G. Snyder |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of TransAlta |
| David P. Spalding |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Vice Chairman, The Cypress Group |
| Harry Stonecipher |
Business |
16-May-1936 |
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CEO of Boeing, 2003-05 |
| Gregory L. Summe |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of PerkinElmer |
| Thomas J. Szkutak |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
CFO of Amazon |
| Francis X. Taylor |
Government |
? |
|
Counterterrorism envoy, 2001-02 |
| Elihu Thomson |
Inventor |
29-Mar-1853 |
13-Mar-1937 |
Electric welding and A/C motors |
| John M. Trani |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Stanley Works, 1996-2003 |
| Lloyd G. Trotter |
Business |
c. 1945 |
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Vice Chairman at GE, 2006-08 |
| David C. Wang |
Business |
c. 1945 |
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President of Boeing China |
| Jack Welch |
Business |
19-Nov-1935 |
|
CEO of GE, 1981-2001 |
| Dennis K. Williams |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of IDEX Corporation, 2000-05 |
| Keith E. Williams |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Underwriters Laboratories |
| Robert C. Wright |
Business |
1943 |
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CEO of NBC Universal |
| Mike S. Zafirovski |
Business |
c. 1954 |
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CEO of Nortel |
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| John Bardeen |
Physicist |
23-May-1908 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Michael R. Bonsignore |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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CEO of Honeywell, 1999-2001 |
| Larry Bossidy |
Business |
5-Mar-1935 |
|
CEO of Honeywell |
| William Castell |
Business |
10-Apr-1947 |
|
CEO of GE Healthcare |
| Dennis D. Dammerman |
Business |
4-Nov-1945 |
23-Jul-2013 |
CFO of GE, 1998-2005 |
| Frederick B. Dent |
Government |
17-Aug-1922 |
|
US Commerce Secretary, 1973-75 |
| Claudio X. Gonzalez |
Business |
c. 1939 |
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CEO of Kimberly-Clark de Mexico |
| Kenneth Langone |
Business |
c. 1935 |
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Co-Founder of Home Depot |
| Ralph S. Larsen |
Business |
18-Nov-1938 |
9-Mar-2016 |
CEO of Johnson & Johnson, 1989-2002 |
| Scott McNealy |
Business |
13-Nov-1954 |
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Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems |
| Henry S. Morgan |
Business |
24-Oct-1900 |
8-Feb-1982 |
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley |
| Eugene F. Murphy |
Business |
24-Feb-1934 |
|
Vice Chairman of GE, 1997-99 |
| John D. Opie |
Business |
c. 1939 |
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Vice Chairman of GE, 1995-2000 |
| Gary L. Rogers |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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Vice Chairman of GE, 2001-03 |
| Raymond Seitz |
Diplomat |
8-Dec-1940 |
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US Ambassador to the UK, 1991-94 |
| Jack Welch |
Business |
19-Nov-1935 |
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CEO of GE, 1981-2001 |
| Robert W. Woodruff |
Business |
6-Dec-1889 |
7-Mar-1985 |
President of Coca-Cola, 1923-54 |
| Robert C. Wright |
Business |
1943 |
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CEO of NBC Universal |
| Walter B. Wriston |
Business |
3-Aug-1919 |
19-Jan-2005 |
CEO of Citibank, 1967-84 |
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYMENT
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edward G. Acheson |
Inventor |
9-Mar-1856 |
6-Jul-1931 |
Discovered silicon carbide |
| Stephen F. Angel |
Business |
c. 1956 |
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CEO of Praxair |
| Zoë Baird |
Government |
20-Jun-1952 |
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Atty Gen. nominee, thwarted by Nannygate |
| James G. Berges |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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President of Emerson Electric, 1999-2005 |
| Percy Williams Bridgman |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1882 |
20-Aug-1961 |
High-pressure physics |
| Rhonda L. Brooks |
Business |
c. 1952 |
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R. Brooks Advisors, Inc. |
| Robert K. Burgess |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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CEO of Pulte Homes, 1993-2001 |
| Vannevar Bush |
Scientist |
11-Mar-1890 |
30-Jun-1974 |
Pre-internet visionary |
| Arthur P. Byrne |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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Partner, J. W. Childs Associates |
| Peter Cartwright |
Business |
6-Jan-1930 |
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CEO of Calpine, 1984-2005 |
| Joseph R. Cleveland |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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CIO of Lockheed Martin |
| Sarah R. Coffin |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Hexion Specialty Chemicals |
| Robert B. Coutts |
Business |
c. 1950 |
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EVP at Lockheed Martin |
| Robert W. Cremin |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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CEO of Esterline Technologies |
| Haskell Curry |
Mathematician |
12-Sep-1900 |
1-Sep-1982 |
Combinatory Logic |
| Aart J. de Geus |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Synopsys |
| Marijn E. Dekkers |
Business |
c. 1957 |
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CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| Mark Donegan |
Business |
c. 1956 |
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CEO of Precision Castparts |
| P. Michael Ehlerman |
Business |
c. 1938 |
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Chairman of Sovereign Bancorp |
| William L. Emmet |
Engineer |
10-Jul-1859 |
26-Sep-1941 |
All-electric warships |
| Sheldon R. Erikson |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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Chairman of Cameron International |
| Mark P. Frissora |
Business |
c. 1956 |
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CEO of The Hertz Corporation |
| Ann M. Fudge |
Business |
23-Apr-1951 |
|
CEO of Young & Rubicam, 2003-07 |
| Philip V. Gerdine |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Retired Siemens executive |
| Linda A. Goodspeed |
Business |
c. 1962 |
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Former EVP, Lennox International |
| William R. Graber |
Business |
c. 1943 |
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CFO of McKesson, 2000-04 |
| Patrick W. Gross |
Business |
15-May-1944 |
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Co-Founder, American Management Systems |
| David D. Harrison |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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CFO of Pentair, 2000-07 |
| Michael C. Hawley |
Business |
c. 1938 |
13-Jun-2004 |
CEO of Gillette, 1999-2000 |
| Richard S. Hill |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Novellus Systems |
| Robert Hofstadter |
Physicist |
5-Feb-1915 |
17-Nov-1990 |
Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons |
| Nick Holonyak |
Physicist |
3-Nov-1928 |
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Light-emitting diodes |
| Paul W. Jones |
Business |
c. 1949 |
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CEO of A. O. Smith |
| W. Steven Jones |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
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Dean of Kenan-Flagler Business School |
| Christopher J. Kearney |
Business |
c. 1955 |
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CEO of SPX Corporation |
| Lewis M. Kling |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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CEO of Flowserve |
| Robert H. Krieble |
Philanthropist |
1916 |
8-May-1997 |
Loctite Corporation |
| Lyndon LaRouche |
Economist |
8-Sep-1922 |
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Eccentric economist politician |
| Ernest Lawrence |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1901 |
27-Aug-1958 |
Inventor of the cyclotron |
| Tim Mahoney |
Government |
16-Aug-1956 |
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Congressman from Florida, 2007-09 |
| Michael J. Mancuso |
Business |
c. 1943 |
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CFO of General Dynamics, 1994-2006 |
| Craig O. Morrison |
Business |
c. 1957 |
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CEO of Hexion Specialty Chemicals |
| Frank R. Noonan |
Business |
c. 1942 |
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CEO of R. H. Donnelley, 1991-2002 |
| Ray Noorda |
Business |
19-Jun-1924 |
9-Oct-2006 |
Former CEO of Novell |
| David Packard |
Business |
7-Sep-1912 |
26-Mar-1996 |
Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard |
| Martin L. Perl |
Physicist |
24-Jun-1927 |
30-Sep-2014 |
Discovered the tau lepton |
| Barry W. Perry |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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CEO of Engelhard, 2001-06 |
| Alexander M. Poniatoff |
Business |
1892 |
1980 |
Founder of Ampex |
| Jerry I. Porras |
Business |
c. 1938 |
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Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford |
| Stanley A. Rabin |
Business |
c. 1938 |
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CEO of Commercial Metals, 1979-2006 |
| Susan P. Read |
Judge |
1947 |
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Judge, NY Court of Appeals |
| Jesse W. Reno |
Inventor |
4-Aug-1861 |
2-Jun-1947 |
Invented the escalator |
| H. John Riley, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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CEO of Cooper Industries, 1995-2005 |
| Ellery Schempp |
Activist |
1940 |
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Abington School District v. Schempp |
| Thomas C. Schievelbein |
Business |
c. 1954 |
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Northrop Grumman Newport News |
| Kevin W. Sharer |
Business |
2-Mar-1948 |
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CEO of Amgen |
| Robert L. Smialek |
Business |
c. 1943 |
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Applied Innovation |
| Morton Sobell |
Spy |
11-Apr-1917 |
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Rosenbergs' co-conspirator |
| William R. Spivey |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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Retired AT&T executive |
| Daniel K. K. Tseung |
Business |
c. 1971 |
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Sun Hung Kai Properties |
| Kathryn C. Turner |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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Founder of Standard Technology, Inc. |
| Kurt Vonnegut |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1922 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
| Jackie M. Ward |
Business |
c. 1939 |
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CEO of Computer Generation, 1968-2000 |
| Norbert Wiener |
Mathematician |
26-Nov-1894 |
18-Mar-1964 |
Cybernetics |
EXTRANEOUS
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Lucille Ball |
Actor |
6-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
I Love Lucy |
| Alton Brown |
TV Personality |
30-Jul-1962 |
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Good Eats host |
| Bing Crosby |
Singer |
3-May-1903 |
14-Oct-1977 |
White Christmas |
| Paul Harvey |
Radio Personality |
4-Sep-1918 |
28-Feb-2009 |
The Paul Harvey Show |
| Dorothy Lamour |
Actor |
10-Dec-1914 |
22-Sep-1996 |
My Favorite Brunette |
| Jeanette MacDonald |
Actor |
18-Jun-1903 |
14-Jan-1965 |
The Merry Widow |
| Groucho Marx |
Comic |
2-Oct-1890 |
19-Aug-1977 |
You Bet Your Life |
| Ray Milland |
Actor |
3-Jan-1907 |
10-Mar-1986 |
The Lost Weekend |
| David Niven |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Pencil-moustachioed actor |
| Ronald Reagan |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1911 |
5-Jun-2004 |
40th US President, 1981-89 |
| Dinah Shore |
Singer |
29-Feb-1916 |
24-Feb-1994 |
See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let |
| Loretta Young |
Actor |
6-Jan-1913 |
12-Aug-2000 |
Platinum Blonde |
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