General Electric

General Electric Company
Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: GE; S&P 100 component; S&P 500 component;
ISIN	US3696041033
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	April 15, 1892; 132 years ago, in Schenectady, New York through the merger of Edison General Electric Co. by Thomson-Houston Electric
Founder	Charles A. Coffin; Elihu Thomson; Edwin J. Houston; J. P. Morgan; Thomas Edison;
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Area served	Global
Key people	H. Lawrence Culp Jr.; (Chairman & CEO)
Products	Aircraft engines; Electrical distribution; Electric motors; Energy; Finance; Health care; Software; Wind turbines;
Revenue	US$ 95.214 billion (2019)
Operating income	US$ 1.271 billion (2019)
Net income	US$ −5.439 billion (2019)
Total assets	US$ 266.048 billion (2019)
Total equity	US$ 29.861 billion (2019)
Number of employees	205,000 (2020)
Divisions	GE Additive; GE Aviation; GE Capital; GE Digital; GE Global Research; GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy; GE Healthcare; GE Power; GE Renewable Energy; GE Ventures;
Website	GE.com
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General Electric is a big and multinational company based in the United States. It was created in 1892 by Thomas Edison through merging several companies that initially made electrical things. In the middle 20th century it became a major maker of turbojet engines and now makes many things.

As of 2008, they are the third biggest company in the world.^[2] In May 2020, it sold its light bulb business. ^[3]

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General Electric in Schenectady, New York, aerial view, 1896
Plan of Schenectady plant, 1896
General Electric Building at 570 Lexington Avenue, New York
Carmen Miranda in a 1945 advertisement for a General Electric FM radio in The Saturday Evening Post
GE Global Operations Center in Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio
A General Electric neon sign
GE gauges to control a railway locomotive at a museum near Saskatoon, Canada
GE facility in Schenectady, New York
A General Electric EV charging station in North America