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Rethinking Former GE CEO Jack Welch’s Legacy Offers Insight Into the Future of American Capitalism

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When Jack Welch retired as chairman and CEO of General Electric in 2001, he ended a 20-year tenure that took GE from a valuation of $14 billion to $600 billion, making it the most valuable company in the world. Under Gary Gensler, the SEC is very clearly working to reduce and also police “greenwashing.” (Chris Hondros/Getty Images).