General Electric
American multinational conglomerate
General Electric is a big and multinational company based in the United States. It was created in 1892 by Thomas Edison through merging several companies that initially made electrical things. In the middle 20th century it became a major maker of turbojet engines and now makes many things.
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| ISIN | US3696041033 |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | April 15, 1892, in Schenectady, New York through the merger of Edison General Electric Co. by Thomson-Houston Electric |
| Founder | |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Area served | Global |
Key people | H. Lawrence Culp Jr. (Chairman & CEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  US$ 95.214 billion (2019) |
 US$ 1.271 billion (2019) | |
| US$ −5.439 billion (2019) | |
| Total assets | US$ 266.048 billion (2019) |
| Total equity | US$ 29.861 billion (2019) |
Number of employees | 205,000 (2020) |
| Divisions | |
| Website | GE.com |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
As of 2008, they are the third biggest company in the world.[2] In May 2020, it sold its light bulb business. [3]
References
change- ↑ "FORM 10-K" (PDF). General Electric. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ↑ Akdeniz, Can (2013-10-03). Happy Company: How To Create A Happy, Trustable and Successful Business. Can Akdeniz. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-1-4928-6150-8.
- ↑ Levenson, Michael (2020-05-28). "G.E., Which Traces Its Roots to Thomas Edison, Sells Its Lighting Business". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
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