Jeffrey R. Immelt

Jeffrey R. Immelt (born February 19, 1956) is the current chairman of the board and chief executive officer of General Electric. He was selected by GE's Board of Directors in 2000 to replace John Francis Welch Jr. (Jack Welch) following his retirement.

Previously, Immelt had headed up GE's Medical Systems division (now known as GE Healthcare) as its President and CEO. He holds a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Applied Mathematics from Dartmouth College, and a Harvard Business School MBA. He has been with GE since 1982 and is on the board of two non-profit organizations.

His tenure as Chairman and CEO started off on a low note - he took over the role on September 10, 2001 - just one day before the terrorist attacks on the United States, which killed two employees and cost GE's insurance business $600 million, as well as having an obvious direct effect on the company's Aircraft Engines sector. (Shortly thereafter the offices at GE-owned news network NBC were sent anthrax-laced mail, and the corporate scandals of the likes of Tyco and Enron also followed.)

His greatest challenges as CEO currently concern maintaining company integrity, and producing the kind of consistently impressive earnings seen by investors during the Jack Welch era.

See also

• List of corporate leaders

External links

• General Electric, Executive Bio and Photo

Articles

• Business Week Online, "The Education of Jeff Immelt"

Video

• WSJ.com - Wall Street Journal Video - GE's Growth - 2005. Jan. 21