General Electric was founded in 1892 in New York by some heavy-hitting names: J. P. Morgan, Thomas Edison, Charles Coffin, and Henry Higginson. General Electric was one of the first twelve companies listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. GE saw their fair share of scandals, from having to divest from RCA and NBC, the dumping of waste into the Hudson River, air pollution, and pollution of the Housatonic River. GE is considered a defunct company as of April 02, 2024, though there are spin off companies still operating.

This book is extremely informative if you are interested in large companies. I didn't realize GE was in operation for as long as they were. I think the most interesting part of this book, for me, was the sections on pollution. I set my goal for 100,000 pages this year, and this book was 800 pages. A nice little drop in my page count bucket.