November 19, 1935 was born in Massachusetts, Salem City, University of Massachusetts in 1957, received bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, University of Illinois in 1960, received Ph.D. in chemical engineering.
In 1960 joined General Electric (GE) plastics division. By the end of 1971, Welch became GE General Manager of Chemical and Metallurgical Division. In August 1979 to become vice chairman of General Motors. In April 1981, only 45-year-old Welch became GE's youngest chairman and CEO.
At the beginning managered by Jack Welch, General Electric had sales of 25 billion U.S. dollars, earnings of 15 billion U.S. dollars, the market value of listed companies across the United States ranked only 10th, while in 1999, General Electric achieved sales of 111 billion U.S. dollars ) the world's fifth) and 107 billion dollars in profit (the world's first), the market value has been ranked second in the world. Welch first palm GM, the GM's only lighting, motors and power three division maintain its leading position in the market. The Division now has a 12 in their respective markets one of the best, if the individual rankings, General Electric, there are nine Division can be selected for the "Fortune" 500. Welch, GE's helm in 19 years, the company ran all the way Xun and, therefore, for 3 consecutive years in the U.S. "Fortune" magazine, "America's Most Admired Company" Award in the top of the list.
Welch in-house implementation of the "Six Sigma" quality standards, globalization and e-commerce, the implementation of the "no boundaries" management style, to set up integrated personnel system is a model of corporate governance.
2001 ended a period of twenty years in his term of office of GE
After he retires, he lives in Fairfield, Conn.
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