Jeff Immelt

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Jeff Immelt is an American business executive best known for serving as the CEO and chairman of General Electric from 2001 to 2017.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf business executive
chairman
chief executive officer
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Master of Business Administration
alumniOf Dartmouth College NERFINISHED
Harvard Business School
appointedBy Jack Welch
birthName Jeff Immelt
surface form: "Jeffrey Robert Immelt"
boardMemberOf Athenahealth
General Electric
Twilio
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1956-02-19
educatedAt Dartmouth College NERFINISHED
Harvard Business School
employer General Electric
endTime 2017
familyName Immelt
fieldOfStudy applied mathematics
genre business memoir
givenName Jeffrey
industry conglomerate industry
financial services industry
manufacturing industry
languageSpoken English
memberOf Republican Party
surface form: "Republican Party (United States)"
name Jeff Immelt
notableAward Barron’s World’s Best CEOs (multiple years)
Financial Times Person of the Year 2003
notableIdea emphasis on globalization and emerging markets at General Electric
focus on services and infrastructure at General Electric
promotion of digital industrial strategy at General Electric
notableRole member of President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness
notableWork author of the book "Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company"
led General Electric during post-9/11 and 2008 financial crisis periods
occupation business executive
corporate director
placeOfBirth Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
positionHeld Chairman of General Electric
Chief Executive Officer of General Electric
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: "Boston, Massachusetts, United States"
spouse Andrea Immelt
startTime 2001
succeeded Jack Welch
wasSucceededBy John L. Flannery

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Jeff Immelt birthName Jeff Immelt
this entity surface form: "Jeffrey Robert Immelt"
Jack Welch influenced Jeff Immelt
Jeff Immelt name Jeff Immelt
General Electric notablePerson Jeff Immelt
Jack Welch successor Jeff Immelt