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CEO OF THE DECADE.(General Electric Co. chief executive officer Jack Welch)(Brief Article)
Industry Week, November, 1999 by McClenahen, John S.
It's Jack Welch--simply in a class by himself.
FORMALLY, HE'S JOHN F. WELCH Jr., a 1960 Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois. But inside and outside Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric Co. he's better known, respected, and feared as Jack Welch, the impatient, blunt, and driven chief executive who has crafted a high-performing, $100.5 billion conglomerate from 10 businesses ranging from aircraft engines, appliances, and broadcasting to capital services, lighting, and transportation systems. Welch's remarkable achievements make him INDUSTRYWEEK's CEO of the 1990s.
"His ability to continually renew himself and to stay almost fanatically interested in a business issue or related topic" is first among Welch's greatest...
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