Jack Welch began his career with the General Electric Company in 1960, and in 1981 became the companyamp;#039;s eighth Chairman and CEO. During his tenure, GEamp;#039;s market capitalization increased by $400 billion, making it the worldamp;#039;s most valuable corporation. In 1999, Fortune named him the quot;manager of the century,quot; and the Financial Times recently named him one of the three most admired business leaders in the world today. Upon retiring from GE in 2001, Mr. Welch published his internationally best-selling autobiography Jack: Straight from the Gut. He now teaches at MITamp;#039;s Sloan School of Management and speaks to business leaders and students around the world.