Jack Welch, Much-Imitated Manager Who Remade GE, Dies at 84
- The CEO turned GE into one of the world’s largest companies
- His reliance on firm’s finance arm would prove to be a threat
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Jack Welch, the champion of corporate efficiency who built General Electric Co. into one of the world’s largest companies and influenced generations of business leaders, has died. He was 84.
He died Sunday evening in his New York City apartment, his former assistant said Monday. The cause was renal failure.