History of General Electric

	Revision 2 . . December 20, 2001 2:31 am by Aripap [Clarifications]
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The CEO from 1981-2001 was Jack Welch, he presided over a 28-fold increase in revenue with his policy of sacking the worst performing 10% of his staff every year.

The CEO from 1981-2001 was [Jack Welch]? who is often held up as one of the premier business managers? of modern economic times. He presided over a 28-fold increase in revenue with his policy of sacking the worst performing 10% of his staff every year. In running GE's many diverse businesses he maintained a policy of only keeping those businesses which were #1 or #2 within their respective industries.