Introduction
General Electric has been the cornerstone of innovation for over a century. Employing over 36,000 technologists around the world.
The manufacturing and development branch has played a huge part in creating imports and exports to spur the U.S. economy.
GE’s corporation has branches in almost every continent to allocate ideas and build vital infrastructure to improve the standard of living throughout the world. * Transition: All these functions of GE didn’t happen overnight. Now for the history of how it got this way today * Body
History of GE
From the start the same question has been asked “Why predict the future when you can change it”
In 1890 Thomas Edison established the Edison General Electric Company by bringing his various businesses together.
During this period a major competitor arose called Thomas-Houston company
Thomas- Houston Company was a dominant electrical innovation company created from different mergers
In 1892 the companies merged creating the General Electric Company
In 1890 The first appliances manufactured were electric fans, 15 years alter a full line of heating and cooking appliances were released
In 1896 GE became one of the original 12 companies which formed the DOW Jones in the stock exchange
It’s the only company that remains in it still 114 years alter
The Radio Corporation of America was founded by GE in 1919 to further international radio
During WW1 GE developed the first supercharges exhaust driven turbine which made it the world leader in turbine production in WW2
In 1985 GE reacquired the Radio Corporation of America for the NBC television network. * Transition: Since the start up of GE has had a mission to bring the