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It's interesting, isn't it. Jack Welch must have had very many superb characteristics, to be as revered as he was. Or is it an element that the profits of golde

• jdewerd 3y ago
  You've seen how celebrity worship works -- how often does it involve "very many superb characteristics?" Yes, the pumped up numbers helped, but there will always be a market for selling validation to assholes.
• swells34 3y ago
  It's horrifying. The man destroyed one of the most profitable and productive companies in the world to make himself look good, and make huge quantities of money for himself. From a business standpoint, he has no good qualities, as long as you are assessing over a longer period than ten years. He's really quite terrible at running a business, but great at making it appear that the business is doing better than ever while it rots away. Frankly, it's close enough to fraud that it should be a criminal offense.