General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York City and headquartered in Boston. As of 2018, the company operates through the following segments: aviation, healthcare, power, renewable energy, digital industry, additive manufacturing, venture capital and finance and lighting.
In 2018, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 18th-largest firm in the U.S. by gross revenue. In 2011, GE ranked among the Fortune 20 as the 14th-most profitable company but has since very severely underperformed the market (by about 75%) as its profitability collapsed. Two employees of GE – Irving Langmuir (1932) and Ivar Giaever (1973) – have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
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General Electric Company Details
Operating Status:Active
Business TypePublic
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Founded Date
Apr 15th, 1892
Organization CEOH. Lawrence Culp Jr.
FoundersThomas Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin J. Houston, Charles A. Coffin, J. P. Morgan
The parent company of General Electric will be splitting into three different units with the current business being transformed into a unit focused on aviation.
