Jack Welch, the hard-charging former head of General Electric who transformed his company and corporate America with his ruthless attention to the bottom line, died March 1 at 84.

Former GE CEO Jack Welch died on March 1. DDP/AFP via Getty Images Tributes are pouring in after the death of Jack Welch, the legendary CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001.

Former White House economic aide Austan Goolsbee responded that Welch didn’t know what he was talking about. “love ya jack but here you’ve lost your mind,” Goolsbee tweeted.

Jack Welch, the CEO who ruled General Electric from 1981 to 2001, died on Sunday. Upon his retirement, almost 20 years ago, Welch was a legend — hailed as a "white-collar revolutionary" by The ...

If Texas Sen. Ted Cruz decides to mounts another bid for the White House, he might have to do so without a big name backer. Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch told Neil Cavuto he would have ...

Mr. Cohan is the author of “Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon.” Jack Welch, one of the most celebrated corporate chieftains of his time, spent the last few years of his life ...

Jack Welch in 2004. Fortune magazine named him the “Manager of the Century,” and in 2000 The Financial Times named G.E. “the World’s Most Respected Company” for the third straight year.

Jack Welch, the American businessman and former CEO of General Electric, has died at the age of 84. Under his 21-year-long leadership at GE, the company's stock price increased by 4,000% and ...

Jack Welch used his Twitter account to challenge the Obama administration over the surprise drop in the September U.S. unemployment rate, saying the data were manipulated for political gain.

White House Watch. Daily Cover Stories. ... author and chemical engineer Jack Welch in March 2015 in New York City. ... Key background: John F. Welch Jr. was born on November 19, 1935, ...

This is the stuff of business-school case studies. Less than 30 months after spending $2 million to launch the Jack Welch Management Institute at Cleveland-based Chancellor University, Jack Welch ...