Jeff Immelt
Jeff Immelt has held several global leadership positions since coming to GE in 1982, including roles in GE’s plastics, appliances and health-care businesses. In 1989 he became an officer of GE and joined the board of GE Capital in 1997.
Mr Immelt has been named one of the “World’s Best CEOs” three times by Barron’s, and since he began serving as chief executive officer, GE has been named “America’s Most Admired Company” in a poll conducted by Fortune magazine and one of the “World’s Most Respected Companies” in polls by Barron’s and the Financial Times.
He was the chair of President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Mr Immelt earned a BA in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College in 1978 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1982.
