But most of them come down to this: What does it take to win? Still, lot of good stuff here.Įverything in blue font are his words from Winning: Some you might not agree with, that’s fine. Some of these are truisms, some might come across as cold and calculated. Yes, this is the title of his famous book, Winning (affiliate link) from 2005.
He was continually on the cover of Fortune, BusinessWeek, and Forbes magazines. He smartly used the General Electric Financing arm as a quasi-bank, giving the conglomerate a sterling AAA credit rating for many years. He famously whittled down GE’s portfolio (think: corporate strategy) to be #1 or #2 in any industry they competed in. He led a renaissance in GE, driving its market capitalization from $14B to $400B+ 20 years later. To baby boomers and Gen-X, this a corporate titan who’s name you will remember.
