General Electric Company is a diversified technology, media and financial services company with products and services The company is comprised of six businesses, each of which includes a number of divisions. Its businesses include GE Commercial Finance, GE Consumer Finance, GE Healthcare, GE Industrial, GE Infrastructure and NBC Universal. Through these businesses, the company provides loans, financing programs, commercial insurance, consumer credit services, health care development, appliances and lighting, plastics and silicone products, equipment services, news and entertainment, and technology and infrastructures for developing countries. Jeffrey R. Immelt has been the chief executive officer of General Electric for more than five years. He has been with the company for 24 years. Immelt earned a bachelor s degree from Dartmouth College, and an MBA from Harvard. Headquartered in Fairfield, Conn., the company serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. General Electric Company s shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GE.