GE
skip to main contentskip to secondary navigationGE is a diversified infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world's toughest challenges. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, and television programming, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs about 300,000 people worldwide.
GE has a strong set of global businesses in infrastructure, finance and media aligned to meet today's needs, including the demand for global infrastructure; growing and changing demographics that need access to healthcare, finance, and information and entertainment; and environmental technologies.
In 2010, GE delivered solid results despite the tough economic climate with earnings of $12.6 billion. Industrial cash flow from operating activities for the year remained strong at over $14.7 billion.
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 General Electric Company. GE is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896.
GE is a common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GE. For more information, please visit the Investor Relations section.
Ecomagination is GE's bold commitment to imagine and build innovative solutions that solve today's environmental challenges and benefit customers and society at large. To learn more visit www.ge.com/ecomagination.
GEs "healthymagination" is about better health for more people. We've committed $6 billion to continuously develop innovations that help clinicians and healthcare providers deliver high-quality healthcare at lower cost to more people around the world. To learn more visit www.ge.com/healthymagination.
Worldwide, GE invests about $1 billion annually on training and education programs to develop some of the best leaders and some of the most widely practiced business techniques. The centerpiece of its commitment to excellence in leadership development is the John F. Welch Leadership Center at Crotonville, New York, the world's first major corporate business school.
GE applies its long-standing spirit of innovation and unique set of capabilities to take on tough challenges in our communities. Our signature programs, Developing Health Globally™ and Developing Futures™, each represent a $130-million commitment to making a lasting impact in the communities where employees work and live — and beyond. In 2009, we introduced a new signature program, Developing Health, which aims to address the disparities in quality and access of healthcare in underserved communities in the United States. For more information about our community and philanthropy efforts, please visit GE Foundation.
For more information about GE's senior management, including the Board of Directors and the Corporate Executive Council, please visit Our Leadership.