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Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will

Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric, has just one goal: to be #1 in EVERY market. Now, his closest adviser shows how his strategy has increased the value of GE's stock fivefold in just over a decade.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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