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Happy Birthday To Fairfield’s John Francis 'Jack' Welch, Jr.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Happy Birthday To Fairfield’s John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr.!

John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. turns 78 on Tuesday.

John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. turns 78 on Tuesday.

John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr., who has owned a home in Fairfield, turns 78 on Tuesday. The business executive, author and chemical engineer, was born November 19, 1935, in Peabody, Mass.

Welch started his career in General Electric as a junior chemical engineer  in 1960. He was named a vice president of GE in 1972 and later he becomes chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001.

After retirement from General Electric, he became an adviser to private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and to the chief executive of IAC, Barry Diller. In addition he has been active on the public speaking circuit, and co-wrote a popular column for BusinessWeek for four years until November 2009. He has also written a biweekly column for Reuters and Fortune.

In 2005, he published Winning, a book about management co-written with Suzy Welch, which reached No. 1 Best Seller list, on The Wall Street Journal and on New York Times. Since September 2006, he has been teaching a class at the MIT Sloan School of Management and founded the Jack Welch Management Institute in 2009.

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