About GE
GE is a diversified services, technology and manufacturing company with a commitment to achieving customer success and worldwide leadership in each of its businesses. GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs nearly 340,000 people worldwide, including 197,000 in the United States. Jeffrey R. Immelt is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GE.

GE traces its beginnings to Thomas A. Edison, who established Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. In 1892, a merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company created GE. GE is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896.