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Jack Welch

1935 - 2020

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John Francis Welch Jr. (November 19, 1935 – March 1, 2020) was an American business executive. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) between 1981 and 2001. His long career at General Electric (GE) has left a polarizing legacy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Welch is the 361st most popular businessperson (down from 270th in 2019), the 4,410th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,971st in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jack Welch ranks 361 out of 847. Before him are Albert Kahn, Edward Colston, Vicente Calderón, Paul Castellano, Karl Rapp, and John Sculley. After him are Alfred Edwards, Sergei Shchukin, David Stern, Roger Ailes, Timothy Dexter, and David Richards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jack Welch ranks 193. Before him are Denise Perrier, Károly Palotai, Rashad Khalifa, Yvon Douis, Bobby Morrow, and Milena Vukotic. After him are Yıldırım Akbulut, Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, Katalin Szőke, Sadiq al-Mahdi, Juan Bautista Agüero, and Zeev Sternhell. Among people deceased in 2020, Jack Welch ranks 243. Before him are Orson Bean, James Flynn, Bobby Morrow, Éva Székely, Silvio Marzolini, and Tarun Gogoi. After him are Ken Shimura, Sadiq al-Mahdi, Park Won-soon, David Stern, Nur Hassan Hussein, and Stuart Whitman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Welch ranks 4,410 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Serber (1909), Rosalind Russell (1907), Henrietta Szold (1860), Connie Booth (1944), June Squibb (1929), and John Sculley (1939). After him are Sonny Landham (1941), Fritz Hollings (1922), Lydia Clarke (1923), Traci Lords (1968), Warren Weaver (1894), and William Baumol (1922).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Jack Welch ranks 115. Before him are Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), Linda Yaccarino (1963), Bob Iger (1951), Chad Hurley (1977), Paul Castellano (1915), and John Sculley (1939). After him are David Stern (1942), Roger Ailes (1940), Timothy Dexter (1747), Erin Brockovich (1960), Arnold Rothstein (1882), and Douglas Tompkins (1943).

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