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The GE Mafia: How an old-school company birthed a generation of tech leaders

The conglomerate hot-housed graduates in the '90s and '00s to create an adaptable army of tech talent. Now those execs are everywhere

Source | www-protocol-com.cdn.ampproject.org | Joe Williams

Look at the resumes of the top tech executives at the nation’s largest companies and you’re likely to find at least one theme: a stint at General Electric.

The once-quintessential American conglomerate has served as a launch pad for individuals now spearheading IT operations at companies such as Airbnb, United Airlines, Unilever, Morgan Stanley, AIG and dozens of others, according to analysis by Protocol.

“You look across [top technologists in] the Fortune 100, it’s pretty hard to find someone that doesn’t have a background in GE,” said Nationwide Chief Technology Officer Jim Fowler, who departed the company in 2018 after a 18-year tenure. “It was by design that it became something of a producer of talent,” he added.

GE’s ability to cultivate leaders is widely known. The company’s famed former CEO Jack Welch, who stepped down in 2001 and passed away in 2020, was laser-focused on pinpointing the most promising talent across the enterprise. But an early emphasis on IT — and the training of its executives to focus on it — put the company on the precipice of what is now one of the biggest trends in corporate America.

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