Henry Lawrence "Larry" Culp Jr is an American business executive. He is the CEO and chairman of General Electric since October 2018.[1] He is the first outsider to run GE in the company's 126-year history.[2]
Prior to joining GE, Culp worked at Danaher Corporation in Washington, D.C. He joined the company in 1990 and served as CEO from 2001 through 2014. Culp joined the GE board of directors in April 2018.[1]
General Electric, or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York, and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, in the United States.[1][5] The company operates through the following segments: Energy [2013 inactive], Technology Infrastructure, Capital Finance as well as Consumer and Industrial.[6][7]