General Electric
Overview
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
conglomerate
Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure , usually involving a parent company and several subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company...
corporation incorporated in Schenectady
Schenectady, New York
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, New York and headquartered in Fairfield
Fairfield, Connecticut
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, Connecticut, United States. The company operates through four segments: Energy, Technology Infrastructure
GE Technology Infrastructure
GE Technology Infrastructure is a business group of General Electric composed of three GE companies: GE Aviation, GE Healthcare, and GE Transportation. John G. Rice is president and CEO. A company-wide reorganization prompted by staggering financial losses led to the unit's formation in 2008 from...
, Capital Finance
GE Capital
GE Capital is the financial services unit of General Electric, one of five major units. Its various divisions include GE Capital Aviation Services, GE Capital Real Estate, GE Energy Financial Services and GE Money....
and Consumer & Industrial.
In 2011, Fortune
Fortune (magazine)
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ranked GE the 6th largest firm in the U.S., as well as the 14th most profitable. Other rankings for 2011 include #7 company for leaders (Fortune), #5 best global brand (Interbrand
Interbrand
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), #82 green company (Newsweek
Newsweek
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), #13 most admired company (Fortune), and #19 most innovative company (Fast Company
Fast Company (magazine)
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).
By 1890, Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
had brought together several of his business interests under one corporation to form Edison General Electric.
