Jeffrey R. Immelt

Jeffrey R. Immelt (2009)

Jeffrey Robert Immelt (born February 19, 1956 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) is an American business manager and was the CEO of General Electric from September 7, 2001 to August 1, 2017 . He remained there until the end of 2017 as Chairman of the Board .

Life

1978 joined Immelt, the Dartmouth College with a Bachelor in Applied Mathematics , where he president of the fraternity " Phi Delta Alpha was". In 1982 he received his MBA from Harvard Business School . Immelt is married and has one daughter.

Career

Immelt came to General Electric in 1982 and initially worked in corporate marketing . In the course of his career he worked in product management for “ GE Plastics ” (now “ Saudi Basic Industries Corporation ”). In 1989 he moved to GE Appliances . From 1997 to 2000 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the medical division " GE Medical Systems " (now GE Healthcare ). In 2000 he was elected to succeed Jack Welch by the General Electric Board of Directors .

engagement

• Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Robin Hood Foundation
• Member of the board of “Catalyst” , a non-profit organization that aims to promote women in business
• Member of the Republican Party

Awards

• 2008 admission to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2015 World Economy Prize from the Kiel Institute for World Economy

Web links

Commons : Jeffrey R. Immelt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Short biography , General Electric
• Jeffrey R. Immelt in the nndb (English)

Individual evidence

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3. ^ Catalyst.org