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    Jack Welch, Legendary CEO of General Electric, Dies at Age 84

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    March 2, 2020 at 10:29
    Former GE CEO Jack Welch says that the obligation of a leader is to give meaning and purpose to employees’ work by being transparent about their goals and expectations. (Originally published April 16, 2015)
    Former GE CEO Jack Welch says that the obligation of a leader is to give meaning and purpose to employees’ work by being transparent about their goals and expectations. (Originally published April 16, 2015)

    The General Electric chief executive led the conglomerate through two decades of unparalleled growth with a brash style that remade the conglomerate and changed American corporations.

    Jack Welch led General Electric Co. through two decades of unparalleled growth and transformation, with a brash style that single-handedly remade the conglomerate and changed the landscape of America corporations. He died Sunday at age 84.

    Mr. Welch’s success, driven by a hard-nosed strategy to slash less profitable businesses and unproductive employees, made him an international celebrity in the 1980s and drove GE to become the most valuable U.S. company during the 1990s. He groomed a generation of business leaders who went...

     


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