John Francis "Jack" Welch Jr. is an American business executive, author, and chemical engineer. He was chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. During his tenure at GE, the company's value rose 4,000%.

Throughout his early life in middle school and high school, Welch found work in the summers as a golf caddie, newspaper delivery boy, shoe salesman, and drill press operator.

Welch joined General Electric in 1960 as a junior chemical engineer and In 1981, he became GE's youngest chairman and CEO