Leadership for Results

25th August , 2010

Leadership for Result 88

Introduction

General Electronic has been ranked 2nd in the Forbes 2010 list as the world 's second largest company . The company has been operating since 1892 and today has managed to acquire various huge companies which include Universal Pictures . The company 's brand is considered as the world 's fourth most recognized brand that has a worth of around 48 billion . Jeffery Immelt is the current CEO of the company who took over on the 7th of September 2001 who took over from Jack

Welch

The paper will analyze the current and the X CEO of the company . The analysis will be based on their personal and professional lives along with their impact on the company

Jack Welch

Jack Welch 's real name is John Francis Jack ' Welch , Jr . who was born on November 19th 1935 . He has an extensive professional experience and currently is occupied as an American businessmen and an author as well Welch had his early education from Salem High School and graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in Bachelor of Science . He received his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1960

After graduating he joined General Electric as a chemical engineer where he showed some unparalleled abilities due to which he was named as the CEO of the company . He was the youngest CEO of the world at the age of 45

The twenty years that he served at G .E are considered as...