Jack Welch

ABOUT JACK WELCH

Former chairman and CEO of General Electric from 1981 until 2001. His over $400 million severance pay upon leaving General Electric became the largest severance payment in history.

He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1960.

He published the New York Times best-selling book Winning in 2005.

He was married three times. His last marriage was to Suzy Wetlaufer Welch in 2004. He had four children.

He made a cameo appearance on 30 Rock in 2010 with Tina Fey .