General Electric (before 2019)
GPTKB entity
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
conglomerate
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| gptkbp:acquiredBy |
gptkb:NBC
gptkb:Alstom_Power gptkb:Amersham_plc gptkb:RCA |
| gptkbp:divested |
gptkb:GE_Water_&_Process_Technologies
gptkb:GE_Appliances gptkb:GE_Capital gptkb:GE_Lighting gptkb:NBCUniversal |
| gptkbp:foundedBy |
gptkb:Elihu_Thomson
gptkb:J._P._Morgan gptkb:Thomas_Edison gptkb:Charles_A._Coffin gptkb:Edwin_J._Houston |
| gptkbp:foundedYear |
1892
|
| gptkbp:headquartersLocation |
gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkb:Fairfield,_Connecticut,_United_States |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
General Electric (before 2019)
|
| gptkbp:industry |
gptkb:additive_manufacturing
aviation finance healthcare lighting power renewable energy digital industry |
| gptkbp:keyPerson |
gptkb:Jack_Welch
gptkb:John_Flannery gptkb:H._Lawrence_Culp_Jr. gptkb:Jeffrey_Immelt |
| gptkbp:memberOf |
gptkb:Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
gptkb:Fortune_500 |
| gptkbp:netIncome |
$-6.2 billion (2017)
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
significant role in the development of X-ray technology
split into three separate companies announced in 2021 involved in the Manhattan Project involved in the production of nuclear reactors major supplier of military and commercial aircraft engines major employer in the United States pioneered early television broadcasting subject of antitrust lawsuits in the 20th century major player in the development of the electrical industry longest-serving original Dow Jones Industrial Average company until 2018 divested most financial services after 2008 financial crisis |
| gptkbp:notableProduct |
financial services
jet engines locomotives medical imaging equipment wind turbines lighting products appliances power generation equipment |
| gptkbp:notableWinner |
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics_(awarded_to_Irving_Langmuir,_GE_researcher)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (awarded to Ivar Giaever, GE researcher) |
| gptkbp:numberOfEmployees |
over 300,000 (at peak)
|
| gptkbp:revenue |
$120 billion (2017)
|
| gptkbp:stockExchange |
gptkb:New_York_Stock_Exchange
|
| gptkbp:stockSymbol |
gptkb:GE
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:GE_Transportation
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
|