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  Neville's Financial Blog: Jeffrey Immelt - CEO of General Electric (GE)
Jeffrey Immelts supports that lousy TV show The Office because it mirrors all the hate, racism, sexism and disrimination that is such an integral part of GE and its daily culture.
Jeffrey Immelt condones this behavior and should be removed from GE for it.
Immelt is the head of the company-the problems may not be his fault, but they are his responsibility, ultimately.
www.nevblog.com /2006/03/jeffrey-immelt-ceo-of-general-electric.html   (3545 words)

  
  General Electric : Our Company : Company Information : Jeffrey R. Immelt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Jeffrey R. Immelt, 50, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE.
Immelt, the 9th Chairman in GE's 128-year history, was appointed to this post on September 7, 2001.
Immelt served as President and Chairman-elect of GE starting in November 2000.
www.ge.com /en/company/news/immelt.htm   (367 words)

  
 Jeffrey R. Immelt at The Economic Club of Washington
Jeff Immelt: We spent a lot on lobbying because we are in a lot of different businesses, so it is important that we have stakes in all of them and make sure all our points of view are heard, and that is the only mechanism we have today to be heard.
Jeffrey R. Immelt is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric.
Immelt serves on the board of two nonprofit organizations:; Catalyst, which is devoted to advancing women in business; and Robin Hood, which focuses on addressing poverty in New York City.
www.economicclub.org /Pages/archive/fulltext/arch-immelt.htm   (6674 words)

  
 Dartmouth News - Jeffrey R. Immelt to give Dartmouth Commencement address on Sunday, June 13 - 05/03/04
Jeffrey R. Immelt, a 1978 graduate of Dartmouth who is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Company, will deliver the main address at Dartmouth College's 2004 Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 13, on the Dartmouth Green.
Jeffrey R. Immelt (Doctor of Laws), a 1978 graduate of Dartmouth who is Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE).
Immelt is a global business leader often recognized for successfully navigating his company through the turbulent and changing corporate environment of the last three years.
www.dartmouth.edu /~news/releases/2004/05/04.html   (1002 words)

  
 Jeffrey R. Immelt - Board of Directors - Organization - About The Fed - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Jeffrey R. Immelt was appointed chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the General Electric Company in 2001.
Immelt served as president and chairman-elect of General Electric from November 2000, when the company’s board of directors selected him to succeed John F. Welch.
Immelt holds a B.A. in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
www.ny.frb.org /aboutthefed/orgchart/board/immelt.html   (162 words)

  
 rediff.com: GE names Immelt to succeed Jack Welch
Immelt, long considered by Wall Street to be the front-runner to replace Welch, was named president and chairman-elect of the Fairfield, Connecticut-based industrial, financial services and broadcasting giant, effective immediately.
Immelt has been with GE for 18 years -- all his working life -- and most recently served as president and chief executive of GE Medical Systems, a $7 billion GE unit that develops medical diagnostic and information systems and is among the conglomerate's most profitable operations.
Immelt, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, who has served as president and chief executive of GE Medical Systems since 1997, was also named to the GE board of directors.
www.rediff.com /money/2000/nov/28ge.htm   (899 words)

  
 Jeffrey R. Immelt 1956— - LED GE DIVISIONS, SUCCESSOR TO JACK WELCH, BUSINESS STRATEGY EMERGES
Immelt quickly earned the respect of workers for the manner in which he managed the replacement of the compressors.
Immelt increased diversity in GE Medical Systems when he ran the division and as CEO was committed to doing the same with the rest of the company.
Immelt was a cheerleader for globalization, and GE invested heavily in China, where the company was building the country's energy grid.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/F-L/Immelt-Jeffrey-R-1956.html   (2803 words)

  
 The Changing Face of the Global Economy
Jeffrey Immelt began by saying that he had come to deliver a simple message: Europe had been very important to GE's past, and it was even more important to its future.
Jeffrey R. Immelt, 46, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE.
Immelt, the 9th CEO in GE's 120-year history, was appointed to this post on September 7, 2001.
www.mba-courses.com /global_econ.htm   (1073 words)

  
 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.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/06/06/BUIMMELT.DTL   (3379 words)

  
 Wharton Journal - GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt Speaks at Wharton
Immelt started his speech with the line, "You think you got problems?" He could not finish his comment, "I don't feel sorry for you at all," before the audience burst out laughing.
As a result, Immelt believes that GE can make larger and better investments in its own businesses because it has the wherewithal to do so, and has the luxury of being able to plan ahead into the next business cycle.
Immelt notes that a near 50-50 split exists among GE's staff between the back office, and its front office along with research and development.
www.whartonjournal.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=7a9c26cc-4091-419e-a37d-de204e034426   (1514 words)

  
 General Electric Co (GE) Officers & Directors Detail | Stocks | Reuters.com
Jeffrey R. Immelt, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE.
Immelt, the 9th Chairman in GE's 126-year history, was appointed to this post on September 7, 2001.
Immelt had been President and CEO of GE Medical Systems, which is today a $12 billion leader in the healthcare industry.
stocks.us.reuters.com /stocks/officersDirectorsDetails.asp?symbol=GE.N&officerID=28187   (269 words)

  
 HBS News Releases: GE's Jeffrey Immelt Returns to HBS
Although Immelt, 51, has been GE’s CEO for just a little more than a year, he made it clear that the company’s vision and culture would reflect his management style, and not Welch’s.
Immelt urged students to seek out the wisdom of mentors, "people you trust," to provide feedback and advice.
Immelt, who has worked for General Electric since graduating from HBS in 1982, said he had relocated his family nine times during the past 21 years.
www.hbs.edu /about/news/092502_immelt.html   (723 words)

  
 Jeffrey Immelt, the man to head GE - Nov. 27, 2000
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Jeffrey Immelt, named successor to John "Jack" Welch as head of General Electric Co. Monday, is a veteran at GE, as was his father before him.
At 44, Immelt is by far the youngest candidate of the front-runners who were vying for Welch's job; despite that, he also was a heavy favorite for the top slot.
Immelt joined the Fairfield, Conn.-based conglomerate in 1982 and most recently served as president and chief executive of GE Medical Systems, a $7 billion GE unit where profit is humming and demand for big-ticket medical imaging and patient-monitoring equipment is roaring.
money.cnn.com /2000/11/27/companies/immelt/index.htm   (593 words)

  
 Jeffrey R. Immelt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeffrey R. Immelt (born February 19, 1956, Cincinnati, OH) is the current chairman of the board and chief executive officer of General Electric.
Immelt has made several donations to the Republican Party and various committees of the party.
Immelt delivered the commencement address and received an honorary doctorate of laws on April 29th, 2006 from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeff_Immelt   (403 words)

  
 NOTED: GE & CEO JEFFREY IMMELT
Previously, Immelt served as President and Chairman-elect of GE from November 2000, when GE's Board of Directors selected him to succeed the legendary John “Jack” Welch.
Immelt had been President and CEO of GE Medical Systems, a $12 billion leader in the healthcare industry.
Immelt, who holds a B.A. degree in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard serves on the board of two non-profit organizations: Catalyst, devoted to advancing women in business; and Robin Hood, focused on addressing poverty in New York City.
www.freemarketnews.com /WorldNews.asp?nid=1377   (386 words)

  
 Cornell News: Immelt Hatfield talk
Immelt, who in September 2001 succeeded Jack Welch in the top slot at GE, will deliver a talk titled "The Innovation Imperative." He will speak as the 24th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education, considered the highest honor the university bestows on distinguished individuals from the corporate sector.
Immelt was named "Man of the Year" in 2003 by the Financial Times for moving the company forward in the challenging post-Sept. 11 global economic environment.
Immelt serves on the board of two nonprofit organizations: Catalyst, which seeks to advance women in business, and Robin Hood, which addresses poverty in New York City.
www.news.cornell.edu /releases/April04/Hatfield.Immelt.04.lm.html   (574 words)

  
 AACRAO Transcript - General Electric CEO Speaks Out Against International Student Visa Limits
Jeff Immelt, chief executive officer of General Electric expressed concern Feb. 7, 2005 with limits that were placed on the issuance of student visas following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Immelt joins Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, who in a statement several days prior expressed similar unease regarding the student visa crisis.
Immelt suggests the concerns he raises are illustrative of all large employers with regard to the impact the restrictions have had on staff recruitment and notes that the drop in international students is particularly problematic since the numbers of U.S. students that choose to study the subjects has also declined.
www.aacrao.org /transcript/index.cfm?fuseaction=show_view&doc_id=2523   (215 words)

  
 ge112800
Jeffrey Immelt's people skills became apparent back in 1973 on the night he asked to speak to his coach after basketball practice.
Immelt will practice his people skills on a much larger stage when he replaces Jack Welch as president and CEO of General Electric Co. at the end of 2001.
Immelt, who will serve alongside Welch in a postion GE is calling president- and chairman-elect for the next year, indicated that his management style will be very similar to Welch's.
www.cincypost.com /business/2000/ge112800.html   (681 words)

  
 Immelt may be GE's CEO in waiting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Immelt, a former Cincinnatian and Finneytown High School grad, is among a half-dozen contenders for Mr.
Immelt would be very young to be running one of the five largest companies in the United States, one with a market capitalization of $346 billion.
Immelt is never seen at the ribbon cuttings and political events often frequented by older CEOs, said Tim Sheehy, president of the Chamber of Commerce.
www.enquirer.com /editions/1999/05/09/fin_immelt_may_be_ges.html   (1213 words)

  
 GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt Interview - BloggingStocks
Jeffrey Immelt has been the CEO of GE for 5 years, living in the very large shadow cast by former CEO Jack Welch.
Despite the disruptions caused by Immelt trying to foster his own sense of corporate culture throughout the GE behemoth, Immelt still feels he should have moved faster to instill the need for positive response to change.
Immelt considers the primary focus of his job to be to figure out how to grow GE with an acceptable degree of risk.
www.bloggingstocks.com /2006/09/06/ge-ceo-jeffrey-immelt-interview   (1281 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Deal helps Immelt put his stamp on GE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Immelt gets occasional criticism for GE's stock price, which at Wednesday's $30.21 close was up 39% from February but is still worth half of what it was in the months before Welch's retirement.
Immelt might have helped himself to more breathing room when he predicted last year that the economy wasn't going to stage a major turnaround and might not improve measurably for five years.
Immelt's moves into technology and entertainment have been accompanied by other moves that indicate he no longer wants GE to be as reliant on its GE Capital division, so large that it has been broken into four parts.
www.usatoday.com /money/media/2003-10-08-immelt_x.htm   (1395 words)

  
 GE chairman to keynote Northeastern's 104th Commencement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Jeffrey R. Immelt is the 9th Chairman in GE's 126-year history, and was appointed to this post on September 7, 2001.
Immelt began his GE career in 1982 and has, over the last 22 years, held a series of global leadership roles in GE's Plastics, Appliance, and Medical businesses.
Immelt, who was named the Financial Times "Man of the Year" for 2003, holds a B.A. degree in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College (1978) and an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1982).
www.nupr.neu.edu /3-06/commencement.shtml   (570 words)

  
 Jeffrey Immelt, Thayer School Investiture Speaker
Immelt will also receive Thayer School's Robert Fletcher Award, given annually to a graduate or friend of the School in recognition of distinguished achievement and service.
Immelt graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1978 with a double major in mathematics and economics.
Immelt first served as President and Chairman-elect for ten months before assuming the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on September 7, 2001.
engineering.dartmouth.edu /thayer/press/immelt.html   (355 words)

  
 General Electric chair and CEO Jeffrey Immelt to deliver 2007 Commencement address - University of Notre Dame : News ...
Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Co., will be the principal speaker and the recipient of an honorary doctor of laws degree at the University of Notre Dame’s 162
In 2005 and 2006, Barron’s magazine named Immelt one of the world’s best CEOs, and under his leadership GE has been named “World’s Most Admired Company” in a Fortune magazine poll, and the world’s most respected company in polls conducted by Barron’s and the Financial Times.
Immelt serves as chairman of The Business Council and is on the boards of Catalyst, which is devoted to advancing women in business; Robin Hood, which focuses on addressing poverty in New York City; and the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
newsinfo.nd.edu /content.cfm?topicid=21322   (506 words)

  
 General Electric Energized by Green Markets
Immelt acknowledged that one percent "may not sound like much," but said it should be considered within the context of the company's growth rate.
Lash, who spoke after Immelt at Monday's event, said it is "particularly encouraging" that General Electric is focusing its research on cleaner technologies and taking steps to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions.
Immelt called on the federal government to develop an energy policy that includes a permanent tax credit for wind energy, investment in clean coal technology and renewed support for nuclear power.
www.ens-newswire.com /ens/may2005/2005-05-09-10.asp   (820 words)

  
 Immelt to inherit GE throne from Welch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Jeffrey Immelt, 44, and Jack Welch, 65, incoming and outgoing CEOs of General Electric, have played a few rounds of golf together.
Immelt's start as CEO is being delayed by Welch's decision to remain CEO an additional year to help in the $45 billion absorption of Honeywell.
Immelt has proved himself by growing GE Medical into a division with $7.4 billion in annual revenue at a time when hospitals have been under pressure to slash spending.
www.usatoday.com /money/world/mws018.htm   (1489 words)

  
 Immelt's energy wake-up call Jeffrey Immelt, who took over from General Electric CEO Jack Welch four years ago, has no ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Immelt's energy wake-up call Jeffrey Immelt, who took over from General Electric CEO Jack Welch four years ago, has no qualms about wading into a debate.
Immelt said they need to set aside their political differences and devise a united North American energy strategy.
Immelt is the second prominent figure in the past week to call for a North American energy strategy after Mexican President Vincente Fox said he supported a continental approach with the United States and Canada.
www.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/fasttrack/20051004/RGE04?section=Energy   (889 words)

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