The Flawed, Twisted Legacy of Jack Welch

The Flawed, Twisted Legacy of Jack Welch
The GE icon became famous for conflating leadership with stock price — a practice that still haunts most businesses today
Rob Walker
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Mar 2, 2020
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Photo: Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis/Getty ImagesJack Welch had terrific timing. Or at least he did in one key aspect of his long tenure as the chief executive officer of General Electric: Welch, who died yesterday at age 84, took the reins…
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