60 Quotes by Jeffrey R. Immelt

I think that if you run a big company, you've got to, four or five times a year, just say, 'Hey team, look, here's where we're going.' If you do it 10 times, nobody wants to work for you. If you do it zero times, you have anarchy.

Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.

Is France a completely open market to G.E.? No, of course not. I think we're more discerning about China because it's China, and they're big, and they're more concerning. But the best global companies are ones that are nuanced.

President Obama has asked me to chair his new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

The one thing that people don't get about GE is that, to the people who work here, it's not a company. It's not just a job. You feel like you're part of a 120-year-old ever-growing, ever-improving family.

As one of America's largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and largest market.

I'm a complete globalist. I think like a global CEO. But I'm an American. I run an American company. But in order for GE to be successful in the coming years, I've gotta sell my products in every corner of the world.

GE sells more than 96 percent of its products to the private sector, where America's future must be built. But government can help business invest in our shared future.

Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government works.