Jack Welch to Sign Books at IIT’s Stuart Graduate School of Business
Former General Electric Chairman and CEO Jack Welch will be signing his new book Winning at Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) downtown campus. The event, October 12 at 4 p.m. at 565 W. Adams, is open to the public.
In his 20 years as Chairman and CEO of General Electric, Mr. Welch transformed the company from a bureaucratic behemoth to a dynamic and revered powerhouse. During his tenure, GE market value grew from $13 billion to $400 billion. In the process, Welch’s management innovations have made him the most influential CEO of his era.
Upon his retirement from GE in 2001, Mr. Welch wrote his #1 New York Times and international best-selling autobiography, JACK: Straight From The Gut. He has also spent much of his time traveling around the world, speaking to people at every level of an organization and answering their questions on dozens of wide-ranging topics. These sessions were the inspiration for his new best-selling book, Winning.
In 2000 he was named Manager of the Century by Fortune magazine. In 2005, he was voted Most Admired CEO of the past 20 years by Chief Executive magazine readers and the World’s Greatest Leader today in a Fast Company magazine survey.
Mr. Welch is currently the head of Jack Welch, LLC, where he serves as an advisor to a small group of Fortune 500 corporate CEOs and speaks to businesspeople and students around the world.
Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting technological university awarding degrees in the sciences, mathematics and engineering, as well as architecture, psychology, design, business and law. IIT’s interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum prepares the university’s 6,200 students for leadership roles in an increasingly complex and culturally diverse global workplace.
