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Chief executive officer, General Electric Company

Nationality: American.

Born: February 19, 1956, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Education: Dartmouth College, BA, 1978; Harvard University, MBA, 1982.

Family: Son of Joseph Immelt (manager of General Electric Aircraft Engines Division) and Donna (schoolteacher; maiden name unknown); married Andrea Allen (General Electric customer-service representative), 1986; children: one.

Career: General Electric Company, 1982–1983, internal...