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Company name | General Electric Company | Company type | Public company | Slogan | Imagination at work | Industry | Conglomerate | Founded | Schenectady, New York, US (, 1892) | Founder(s) | Charles Coffin, Edwin Houston, Elihu Thomson, Thomas Edison | Headquarters | Fairfield, Connecticut | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Jeffrey Immelt (Chairman & CEO) | Products | Appliances, aviation, consumer electronics, electrical distribution, electric motors, energy, entertainment, finance, gas, healthcare, lighting, locomotives, oil, software, water, weapons, wind turbines | Revenue | (-) US$ 150.211 billion (2010) | Operating income | (+) US$ 15.166 billion (2010) | Net income | (+) US$ 12.163 billion (2010) | Total assets | (-) US$ 751.216 billion (2010) | Total equity | (-) US$ 124.198 billion (2010) | Employees | 287,000 (2010) | Subsidiary | GE Capital, GE Energy, GE Home & Business Solutions, GE Technology Infrastructure, NBCUniversal (49%) GE Aviation |
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General Electric Company ( ), or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The company operates through four segments: Energy, Technology Infrastructure, Capital Finance and Consumer & Industrial.
In 2011, Fortune 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), #82 green company (Newsweek), #13 most admired company (Fortune), and #19 most innovative company (Fast Company).
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