Jack Welch

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business executive chief executive officer human

Jack Welch was a prominent American business executive best known for his transformative and often controversial tenure as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business executive → chief executive officer → human →
awardReceived	Manager of the Century →
birthName	John Francis Welch Jr. →
causeOfDeath	renal failure →
coAuthor	Suzy Welch →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1935-11-19 →
dateOfDeath	2020-03-01 →
educatedAt	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign NERFINISHED → University of Massachusetts Amherst NERFINISHED →
employer	General Electric → General Electric Company → General Electric Plastics →
endTime	2001-09-07 →
familyName	Welch →
fieldOfStudy	chemical engineering →
givenName	John →
hasChild	4 children →
industry	conglomerate →
influenced	Jeff Immelt →
knownFor	aggressive cost-cutting and restructuring → rank-and-yank performance evaluation system → transforming General Electric into a highly profitable conglomerate → “fix, sell or close” management philosophy →
memberOf	Republican Party (United States) →
nickname	Jack →
notableIdea	shareholder value maximization →
notableWork	Jack: Straight from the Gut → Winning →
occupation	author → business executive → chemical engineer →
placeOfBirth	Peabody, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →
positionHeld	Chairman and CEO of General Electric → Chairman of General Electric → Chief Executive Officer of General Electric →
residence	Fairfield, Connecticut, United States → New York City, New York, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Carolyn Osburn NERFINISHED → Jane Beasley → Jane Welch → Suzy Welch →
startTime	1981-04-01 →
successor	Jeff Immelt →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jeff Immelt →	appointedBy
General Electric →	notablePerson
Jeff Immelt →	succeeded