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| | GENERAL ELECTRIC / On the record: Jeffrey Immelt |
 | | Jeffrey Immelt is chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Co., a 126-year-old diversified company based in Fairfield, Conn., that operates in more than 100 countries, employs more than 320,000 people worldwide and reported revenue of $134 billion in 2003. |
 | | Immelt: If you look at the genesis of lots of our technology -- gas turbines, aircraft engines, stuff like that -- we are the world's largest patent producer in material science and always have been. |
 | | Immelt: We have about 310,000 employees, 160,000 in the U.S., 150,000 outside the U.S. (Since the interview, GE has added 10,000 employees with its acquisition of Vivendi's Universal's entertainment assets.) We've always had good security and procedures around the company. |
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